maruzat

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish معروضات (maruzat), plural of معروض (maruz), from Arabic مَعْرُوض (maʕrūḍ), passive participle of عَرَضَ (ʕaraḍa, “to appear, happen, show”). Formally the Arabic plural of maruz. Compare Azerbaijani məruzə.

Noun

maruzat (definite accusative maruzatı, plural maruzatlar) (archaic)

1. petition, statement, (originally) a request submitted to a superior

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “maruz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “معروضات”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1908
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN