mülteci
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish ملتجی (mülteci), from Arabic مُلْتَجِئ (multajiʔ), active participle of اِلْتَجَأَ (iltajaʔa). Despite the apparent suffix -ci, the entire word is from Arabic.
Noun edit
mülteci (definite accusative mülteciyi, plural mülteciler)
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References edit
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “mültecî”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 861
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mülteci”, in Nişanyan Sözlük