müsteşar

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مستشار (müsteşar), from Arabic مُسْتَشَار (mustašār), passive participle of اِسْتَشَارَ (istašāra).

Noun

müsteşar (definite accusative müsteşarı, plural müsteşarlar)

  1. (government) undersecretary
  2. counsellor
    Synonym: danışman

References
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مستشار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1162
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “müsteşar”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 835
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