Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish محترم (muhterem), from Arabic مُحْتَرَم (muḥtaram), passive participle of اِحْتَرَمَ (iḥtarama, to honor, respect).

Adjective edit

muhterem

  1. honored; honorable, respectable, esteemed

References edit

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “muhterem”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “محترم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1758
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 794