Arabic

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Root
و ث ق (w-ṯ-q)

Etymology

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Derived from the passive participle of the verb وَثِقَ (waṯiqa).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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مَوْثُوق (mawṯūq) (feminine مَوْثُوقَة (mawṯūqa), masculine plural مَوْثُوقُونَ (mawṯūqūna), feminine plural مَوْثُوقَات (mawṯūqāt))

  1. passive participle of وَثِقَ (waṯiqa)
    1. reliable, trustworthy
    2. authentic

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Azerbaijani: mövsuq
  • Persian: موثوق
  • Ottoman Turkish: موثوق (mevsuk)

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Arabic مَوْثُوق (mawṯūq), passive participle of وَثِقَ (waṯiqa).

Adjective

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موثوق (mevsuk)

  1. reliable
  2. authentic

References

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  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “موثوق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1242a
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “mevsuk”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN