Arabic edit

Root
ش و ر (š-w-r)

Etymology edit

Derived from the passive participle of اِسْتَشَارَ (istašāra, to counsel).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

مُسْتَشَار (mustašārm (plural مَسْتَشَارُون (mastašārūn))

  1. adviser, counsellor, consultant

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Ottoman Turkish: مستشار (müsteşar)
  • Persian: مستشار

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic مُسْتَشَار (mustašār), passive participle of اِسْتَشَارَ (istašāra).

Noun edit

مستشار (müsteşar)

  1. (government) undersecretary
  2. (government) councilor

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Further reading edit

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “müsteşar”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مستشار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1162