müfettiş

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مفتش (müfettiş), from Arabic مُفَتِّش (mufattiš), active participle of فَتَّشَ (fattaša, “to inspect”).

Noun

müfettiş (definite accusative müfettişi, plural müfettişler)

inspector

Derived terms

müfettişlik

Related terms

teftiş (“inspection; investigation”)

References

Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “müfettiş”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 850
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “müfettiş”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

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