خدمتكار

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Persian خدمتکار (xidmatkār). By surface analysis, خدمت (hidmet, hizmet) +‎ كار (kar).

Noun

خدمتكار (hizmetkâr)

  1. servant
  2. household servant, domestic
  3. employee

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Further reading

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “hizmetkâr”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “خدمتكار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 533a
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hizmet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük