müsteşar

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مستشار (müsteşar), from Arabic مُسْتَشَار (mustašār), passive participle of اِسْتَشَارَ (istašāra).

Noun

müsteşar (definite accusative müsteşarı, plural müsteşarlar)

1. (government) undersecretary
2. counsellor

   Synonym: danışman

Related terms

• istişare

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مستشار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1162
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “müsteşar”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 835