muavin

See also: müavin

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish معاون (muavin, “helper, assistant, deputy”), from Arabic مُعَاوِن (muʕāwin).

Noun

muavin (definite accusative muavini, plural muavinler)

1. helper, assistant
2. (government) assistant director; deputy director
3. (soccer) halfback

Derived terms

• muavinlik

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “muavin”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “معاون”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1900
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN