Author: Diri » Tue Oct 31, 2006 7:47 pm
Vladimir wrote:Amanc wrote:we do use TEMBEL
btw have you noticed the turkish word for DRUNK ?

Which one?
Sarhos or ickili.
Sarhoş = Serxweş/Serxoş = Kurdish:
Ser = Head
Xoş = Good/Pleasent
Being Serxoş means having a "good head"... This word has probably evolved from Kurdish culture and another way of using the word:
In Kurdish, when somebody has died - when one goes to the deceased's house to give one's condolences:
Ez çome serxoşiyê = I went to give my condolences...
Think for a little moment... What is the clichê when somebody dies? Yeah exactly - father/son/brother etc - go and drink... To "escape the pain" or whatever you wanna call it...
So being Serxoş may have come from this social construction: When somebody who lost a familymember - they become the Serxoş - and people go to wish them "Serxoşî"...
Did anybody get what I meant?
Being serxoş = Being drunk
Going to serxoşî = Offering one's condolences
But they may be connected...
Then there is the word Şarap/Şarab ("Wine") in Turkish, Arabic and Persian - which is a Kurdish word:
Şeraw:
Şer = War
Aw = Water
So it's litterally "War Water" - because Kurds would drink it to boost their moral before going to battle...


