müvezzi

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish موزع (“distributor, periodical vendor, postman”), from Arabic مُوَزِّع (muwazziʕ), active participle of وَزَّعَ (wazzaʕa, “to apportion, distribute”).

Noun

müvezzi (definite accusative müvezzii, plural müvezziler)

1. (archaic) distributor
2. postman

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “موزع”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1245
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “müvezzi”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “موزع”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2029
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN