mümeyyiz

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ممیز (mümeyyiz), from Arabic مُمَيِّز (mumayyiz), active participle of مَيَّزَ (mayyaza, “to distinguish, differentiate”).

Noun

mümeyyiz (definite accusative mümeyyizi, plural mümeyyizler) (archaic)

  1. examining clerk
  2. (education) examining official

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mümeyyiz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ممیز”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1982
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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