borçlu

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بورجلو, بورجلی (borclu), equivalent to borç (debt) +‎ -lu (adjective forming suffix). Compare Azerbaijani borclu.

Adjective

borçlu

  1. indebted
  2. (with dative) in debt to, under obligation to
    • 1930 October 31, “Akdeniz Sahillerimizin İktisadî Bir Can Damarı Süngerciliktir”, in Son Posta, page 5:
      Akdeniz kıyılarımızda vaktile yerden biter gibi yükselen şehirler bu seri ve vâsi inkişaflarını sahil ahalisinin süngerciliğine borçludurlar.
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Noun

borçlu (definite accusative borçluyu, plural borçlular)

  1. debtor

References

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بورجلی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 282
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بورجلو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 394
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN