دلیشمن

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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Possibly from دلی (deli, mad, insane) +‎ ـش () +‎ ـمن (-men).[1]

Adjective

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دلیشمن (delişmen)

  1. frolicsome, playful, eccentric

Descendants

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  • Turkish: delişmen
  • Bulgarian: делишме́н (delišmén)

References

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  1. ^ Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “delişmen”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1140

Further reading

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