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Crimean Tatar
Etymology
From Arabic مُعَاوِن (muʕāwin).
Pronunciation
Noun
muavin
- deputy
Declension
References
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish معاون (muavin, “helper, assistant, deputy”), from Arabic مُعَاوِن (muʕāwin).
Noun
muavin (definite accusative muavini, plural muavinler)
- helper, assistant
- (government) assistant director; deputy director
- (soccer) halfback
Derived terms
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “muavin”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “معاون”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1900
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN