محترم

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Arabic

Root
ح ر م (ḥ r m)
17 terms

Etymology 1

Derived from the passive participle of اِحْتَرَمَ (iḥtarama, to respect).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مُحْتَرَم (muḥtaram) (feminine مُحْتَرَمَة (muḥtarama), masculine plural مُحْتَرَمُونَ (muḥtaramūna), feminine plural مُحْتَرَمَات (muḥtaramāt))

  1. active participle of اِحْتَرَمَ (iḥtarama).
  2. honorable, respectable, esteemed
Declension
Descendants

Etymology 2

Derived from the active participle of اِحْتَرَمَ (iḥtarama, to respect).

Pronunciation

Adjective

مُحْتَرِم (muḥtarim) (feminine مُحْتَرِمَة (muḥtarima), masculine plural مُحْتَرِمُونَ (muḥtarimūna), feminine plural مُحْتَرِمَات (muḥtarimāt))

  1. passive participle of اِحْتَرَمَ (iḥtarama).
  2. respecting, doing the act of respecting
Declension

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مُحْتَرَم (muḥtaram), passive participle of اِحْتَرَمَ (iḥtarama, to honor, respect).

Adjective

محترم (muhterem)

  1. honored; honorable, respectable, esteemed
    • 1926 March 20, “عصمت پاشا ازمیرده [Ismet Pasha in Izmir]”, in Hakimiyet-i Milliye:
      محترم باش وكیلمز خاق طرفندن ازمیرده
      بویوك تظاهراتله استقبال ایدیلد یلر
      Muhterem baş vekilimiz halk tarafından İzimirde
      buyuk tezahüratle istikbal edildiler
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “muhterem”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “محترم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, 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

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح ر م
5 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic مُحْتَرَم (muḥtaram).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muħ.ta.ram/,
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Adjective

محترم (muḥtaram) (feminine محترمة (muḥtarame), common plural محترمين (muḥtaramīn))

  1. respectable