mahnit
//mǎxnit//
Serbo-Croatianadj
Definitions
- 1.frantic, crazed, frenzied, raging
- 2.crazy in general, mad, insane
- 3.foolhardy, crazily brave
- 4.crazy for something or someone; enthusiastic about, desirous for, or in love with to an extreme degree
- 5.rabid, afflicted with rabies
Etymology
Uncertain. A derivation has been suggested from Ottoman Turkish معند (muʼannit) (ultimately active participle of form II from the Arabic root ع ن د (ʕ-n-d)), or less likely from Greek μάνητα (mánita, “madness”), both of which, however, would leave the h in the word unexplained. To supply this deficiency, influence from native máhati (“to wave”), mȃh (“swing, wave, sweep”) has been proposed.