Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish مأذون (mezun), from Arabic مَأْذُون (maʔḏūn), passive participle of أَذِنَ (ʔaḏina).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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mezun

  1. (education) graduated
    • 1934 September 28, “Harp Akademisinin bu seneki mezunları [This year's war college graduates]”, in Hakimiyeti Milliye:
      İki gün önce yani 26 eylûl salı günü İstanbul'da harp akademisinde bu sene akademiden mezun olan kara ve deniz zabitlerimize merasimle diplomaları dağıtılmıştır.
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  2. (archaic) permitted; authorized, licensed
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References

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  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mezun”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مأذون”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1654
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN