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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish مفتش (müfettiş), from Arabic مُفَتِّش (mufattiš), active participle of فَتَّشَ (fattaša, “to inspect”).
Noun
müfettiş (definite accusative müfettişi, plural müfettişler)
- inspector
Derived terms
- teftiş (“inspection; investigation”)
References
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “müfettiş”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 850
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “müfettiş”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN