نسنه

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• نسه (nese)

Etymology

From نه (ne) + ایسه (ise) + نه (ne). Compare Old Turkic [script needed] (nerse, “thing; object”) (from *ne + *erse). Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *nē- (“what”), whence also Ottoman Turkish نه (ne).

Noun

نسنه • (nesne, nesene)

1. thing
   • 14th ce., Hoca Mesud, Süheyl ü Nevbahar:

     یمیش یر ایدی و دخی نسنه یوق کدردی نته کم قاتی یادن اوق

     Yimiş yir idi vü daħı nesne yoķ - Giderdi nite kim ķatı yadan oķ

     He ate no other thing but fruits, and went like an arrow shot from a tight nock

2. object

Synonyms

• (thing) شی (şey)

Descendants

• Turkish: nesne

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “نسنه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2081