mürettebat

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Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مُرَتَّبَات (murattabāt), plural of مُرَتَّب (murattab). Formally, the Arabic plural of mürettep. By surface analysis, mürettep +‎ -at.

Noun

mürettebat (definite accusative mürettebatı, plural mürettebatlar)

  1. crew (of a vessel)
    • 1936 June 13, “Bir vapur yandı”, in Ulusal Birlik, page 4:
      Vapurun mürettebatından üç ve İspanyollardan 20 kişi yaralanmıştır.
      Three from the boat's crew and 20 Spanish people were injured.

Derived terms

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mürettep”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN