رامش

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian [Term?].

Noun

رامش • (râmiş) (definite accusative رامشی (râmişi), plural رامشلر (râmişler))

1. rest, repose, relaxation, the temporary cessation from activity to rest and recover, especially in the form of sleep

   Synonym: استراحت (istirahat)

2. fun, amusement, entertainment, enjoyment, any activity designed to give diversion or relaxation to an audience

   Synonyms: اكلنجه (eğlence), جنبش (cümbüş), كیف (keyf)

3. music, a series of sounds organized in time, usually employing some combination of harmony, melody and rhythm

   Synonym: موسیقی (musiki)

Derived terms

• رامشكاه (râmişgâh, “place of repose”)
• رامشكر (râmişger, “musician, singer”)
• رامشی (râmişî, “pertaining to music”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: ramiş

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “ramiş”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3936
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “râmiş”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1278
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Cantatio”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[2], Vienna, column 143
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “رامش”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[3], Vienna, column 2265
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “رامش”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 958