Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Pseudo-Arabism, derived from خَابَرَ (ḵābara), based on a form III active participle.

Noun edit

مخابر (muhabir)

  1. reporter, correspondent

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: muhabir

References edit

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “muhabir”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مخبار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1770
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “muhabir”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN