şaşmak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish شاشمق (şaşmak, to miss one's way, to be surprised, be completely wildered), from Proto-Turkic *siāĺ-.[1] With rarely seen /s/- to /ş/- assimilation due to final /ş/. Compare similar examples such as: şişmek, şiş.

Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (saş, wild, nervous, confused, puzzled),[2] Azerbaijani çaşmaq (to make mistakes, be confused), Khalaj [script needed] (šašqa-, to slander), Turkmen çaşmak (to faint, to be lost).

Verb

şaşmak (third-person singular simple present şaşar)

  1. (intransitive) to be amazed at, be astonished at
  2. (intransitive, with ablative case) to depart from (a way of behavior)
  3. (intransitive) to make a mistake, be mistaken
  4. (transitive) (for a missile, a blow) to miss (its object)
  5. (transitive) to lose (one's way), to forget (what day it is)
  6. (intransitive) (for something) not to take place at its usual time

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • şaşı

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), *si̯ṓĺe”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. Nişanyan, Sevan (2015-06-10), şaş-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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