muhterem

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish محترم (muhterem), from Arabic مُحْتَرَم (muḥtaram), passive participle of اِحْتَرَمَ (iḥtarama, “to honor, respect”).

Adjective

muhterem

  1. honored; honorable, respectable, esteemed

References
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “muhterem”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “محترم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1758
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 794
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