Silbentrennung
bed·lamTürkische aussprache
bedlımSynonyme
chaos,
clamor,
commotion,
confusion,
din,
disquiet,
disquietude,
furor,
hubbub,
madhouse,
maelstrom,
noise,
pandemonium,
racket,
shamblesAussprache
/ˈbedləm/ /ˈbɛdləm/
Etymologie
[ 'bed-l&m ] (noun.) 1522. From Bedlam, alternative name of the English lunatic asylum|lunatic asylum]], Bethlem Royal Hospital|Bethlem Royal Hospital]] (royal hospital from 1375, mental hospital from 1403) (earlier St Mary of Bethlehem outside Bishopsgate, hospice in existence from 1329, priory established 1247), sense used to mean “a place or situation of madness and chaos”. Bedlam as name of hospital attested 1450. Phonologically, corruption of Bethlem, itself a corruption of Bethlehem (“a biblical town”), from the Ancient Greek Βηθλεέμ (Bēthleem) from the Hebrew בּית לחם (bet léchem).