mutavassıt

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish متوسط (mütavassıt, mutavassıt), from Arabic مُتَوَسِّط (mutawassiṭ).

Noun

mutavassıt (definite accusative mutavassıtı, plural mutavassıtlar) (archaic)

mediator, intermediary
mean (middle)

References

Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “mutavassıt”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 827
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “متوسط”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1735
Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

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