محترم

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

• IPA^(key): /muħ.ta.ram/

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

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

• → Azerbaijani: möhtərəm
• → Persian: محترم
  • Tajik: мӯҳтарам (mühtaram)
  • Hindi: मुहतरम (muhatram)
  • Urdu: محترم
• → Ottoman Turkish: محترم
  • Turkish: muhterem
  • Crimean Tatar: müterem, mühterem
• Uyghur: مۇھتەرەم (muhterem)
• Uzbek: muhtaram

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

• IPA^(key): /muħ.ta.rim/

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

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

محترم • (muhterem)

1. honored; honorable, respectable, esteemed
   • 1926 March 20, “عصمت پاشا ازمیرده”, 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)

• Turkish: muhterem

• 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

Learned borrowing from Arabic مُحْتَرَم (muḥtaram).

• IPA^(key): /muħ.ta.ram/,

• Audio (Ramallah):

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

1. respectable