Arabic edit

Root
ح ر م (ḥ-r-m)

Etymology 1 edit

Derived from the passive participle of اِحْتَرَمَ (iḥtarama, to respect).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

مُحْتَرَم (muḥtaram) (feminine مُحْتَرَمَة (muḥtarama), masculine plural مُحْتَرَمُونَ (muḥtaramūna), feminine plural مُحْتَرَمَات (muḥtaramāt))

  1. active participle of اِحْتَرَمَ (iḥtarama).
  2. honorable, respectable, esteemed
Declension edit
Descendants edit

Etymology 2 edit

Derived from the active participle of اِحْتَرَمَ (iḥtarama, to respect).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

مُحْتَرِم (muḥtarim) (feminine مُحْتَرِمَة (muḥtarima), masculine plural مُحْتَرِمُونَ (muḥtarimūna), feminine plural مُحْتَرِمَات (muḥtarimāt))

  1. passive participle of اِحْتَرَمَ (iḥtarama).
  2. respecting, doing the act of respecting
Declension edit

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic مُحْتَرَم (muḥtaram), passive participle of اِحْتَرَمَ (iḥtarama, to honor, respect).

Adjective edit

محترم (muhterem)

  1. honored; honorable, respectable, esteemed
    • 1926 March 20, “عصمت پاشا ازمیرده [Ismet Pasha in Izmir]”, in Hakimiyet-i Milliye:
      محترم باش وكیلمز خاق طرفندن ازمیرده
      بویوك تظاهراتله استقبال ایدیلد یلر
      Muhterem baş vekilimiz halk tarafından İzimirde
      buyuk tezahüratle istikbal edildiler
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “muhterem”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “محترم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1758
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 794

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ح ر م
5 terms

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Arabic مُحْتَرَم (muḥtaram).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /muħ.ta.ram/, [ˈmuħ.ta.ram]
  • (file)

Adjective edit

محترم (muḥtaram) (feminine محترمة (muḥtarame), common plural محترمين (muḥtaramīn))

  1. respectable