mevsim

Borrowed from Arabic مَوْسِم (mawsim).

mevsim

1. season (quarter of a year)

• mevsimlik

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
• “mevsim”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish موسم (mevsim), from Arabic مَوْسِم (mawsim).

• IPA^(key): /mevˈsim/

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mevsim (definite accusative mevsimi, plural mevsimler)

1. season (part of a year)
   • 1981, “Arkadaşım Eşşek [My Friend Donkey]”, performed by Barış Manço:

     Kaç yıl oldu saymadım köyden göçeli / Mevsimler geldi geçti, görüşmeyeli

     I don’t know how many years it’s been since I left the village / Seasons have come and passed since we last saw each other

   • 2008, “Mevsimler Geçerken [While the Seasons Pass]”, in Umut Kaya, performed by Umut Kaya:

     Mevsimler geçerken, temmuz gelir giderken / Çok istedim, yanımda sen yoktun

     While the seasons pass, July comes and goes / I wanted it so much, you weren’t by my side

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “موسم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2030