معتبران

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Plural of Arabic مُعْتَبَر (muʕtabar, “respected”).

Noun

معتبران • (mu'teberan)

  1. the notable or respected people of a town
    Synonym: اشراف (eşraf)
    • 1909 July 30, “ازمیردن ویانه‌یه سیاحت [Journey from Izmir to Vienna]”, in Tanin, page 3:
      ازمیر اشرافندن شریف پاشانك دلالتیله شهر مذكور معتبران تجاری یقینده ویانه‌یه‌ قدر سیاحت ایدرك تدقیقات تجاریه و اقتصادیه اجرا ایده‌جكلردر.
      İzmir eşrafından Şerif Paşanın delalet ile şehir-i mezkur muteberan-i taciri yakında Viyana'ya kadar seyahat ederek tedkikat-i ticarîye ve iktisadiye icra edeceklerdir.
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Further reading
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “muteberan”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “متعبر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1189b
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