mutavassıt

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish متوسط (mütavassıt, mutavassıt), from Arabic مُتَوَسِّط (mutawassiṭ).

Noun

mutavassıt (definite accusative mutavassıtı, plural mutavassıtlar) (archaic)

1. mediator, intermediary
2. mean (middle)

References

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “mutavassıt”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 827
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “متوسط”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1735
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN