خدمتكار

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms
  • خذمتكار (hizmetkâr)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian خدمتکار (xidmatkār). By surface analysis, خدمت (hidmet, hizmet) +‎ كار (kar).

Noun

خدمتكار • (hizmetkâr)

  1. servant
  2. household servant, domestic
  3. employee

Derived terms
  • خدمتكارلك (hizmetkârlik)

Descendants
  • Turkish: hizmetkâr
  • → Albanian: hyzmeqar
  • → Armenian: խըզմէթքեար (xəzmētʻkʻear)
  • → Aromanian: huzmichear, uzmichear, iuzmichear, hizmichear, izmichear
  • → Bulgarian: измекя́р (izmekjár), измекя́рин (izmekjárin)
  • → Greek: χουσμεκιάρης (chousmekiáris)
  • → Georgian: ხიზმეთქარი (xizmetkari)
  • → Laz: ხეზმეკჲარი (xezmeǩyari)
  • → Macedonian: измеќар (izmeḱar)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: хизмѐћа̄р, измѐћа̄р
    Latin script: hizmèćār, izmèćār

Further reading
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “hizmetkâr”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “خدمتكار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 533a
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hizmet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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