müsevvit

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مسود (müsevvid), from Arabic مُسَوِّد (musawwid), active participle of سَوَّدَ (sawwada, “to write a draft”).

Noun

müsevvit (definite accusative müsevviti, plural müsevvitler) (obsolete)

1. drafter (of documents)
2. secretary who takes minutes or edits (as distinct from a copyist)

Related terms

• müsvedde

References

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “müsevvid”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 884
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مسود”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1169
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مسود”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1859
• Wehr, Hans (1960) “müsevvit”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz