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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ملازم (mülazim), from Arabic مُلَازِم (mulāzim), active participle of لَازَمَ (lāzama). The original sense of persistence and inseparability evolved to mean an assistant.
Noun
mülazım (definite accusative mülazımı, plural mülazımlar)
- (military, obsolete) lieutenant
- Synonym: teğmen
- (obsolete or historical) novice; assistant
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ملازم”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1218
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mülazım”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ملازم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1979
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN