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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)
- 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