سرخوش

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • (rare) سارخوش (sarhoş)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian سرخوش (sarxoš, “drunk”), a compound of سر (sar, “head”) + خوش (xoš, “happy”).

Adjective

سرخوش • (sarhoş)

  1. drunk, inebriated, intoxicated as a result of excessive alcohol consumption
    Synonyms: سكران (sekran), گچكین (geçkin), مخمور (mahmur), مست (mest)
  2. happy, delighted, blissful, joyous, cheerful, merry, enjoying good of any kind

Derived terms

  • سرخوش اولمق (sarhoş olmak, “to get drunk”)
  • سرخوشلق (sarhoşluk, “drunkenness”)
  • سرخوشی (sarhoşi, “drunkenness”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: sarhoş
  • → Albanian: sarhosh

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

سر (sar, “head”) +‎ خوش (xoš, “happy”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [säɾ.xʊʃ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [säɾ.xʊʃ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [säɾ.xuʃ]

Readings
Classical reading? sarxwaš
Dari reading? sarxuš
Iranian reading? sarxoš
Tajik reading? sarxuš

Adjective

سرخوش • (sarxoš) (comparative سرخوش‌تَر (sarxoš-tar), superlative سرخوش‌تَرین (sarxoš-tarin))

  1. happy
  2. tipsy, drunk

Synonyms

Descendants

  • → Armenian: սարխոշ (sarxoš)
  • → Azerbaijani: sərxoş
  • → Ottoman Turkish: سرخوش (sarhoş), (rare) سارخوش (sarhoş)
    • Turkish: sarhoş
    • → Albanian: sarhosh
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