tırsmak

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Kurdish tirsîn (to be afraid of),[1] first attested in the 1990's. According to Nişanyan the verb spread country-wide from Istanbul slang thanks to Metin Kaçan's book Ağır Roman.[2]

Verb

tırsmak (third-person singular simple present tırsar)

  1. (intransitive) to be afraid of, freak out

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References

  1. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), tırs-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  2. Nişanyan, Sevan (10.04.2013), “Kürtçe dersleri: kirve, tırsmak, şıh, isot, dürbün”, in nisanyan1.blogspot.com.tr (in Turkish), archived from the original on 29.06.2014
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