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معیت

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Arabic مَعِيَّة (maʕiyya).

Noun

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معیت (ma'iyet)

  1. an official's entourage
    • 1916 January 6, Servet-i Fünun[1], Istanbul, photo cover caption:
      آنافارطه‌لر قوماندانی میرالای مصطفی كمال بك و معیتی
      Anafartalar komandanı miralay mustafa kemal bey ve ma'iyeti
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

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  • Turkish: maiyet

References

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  • Redhouse, James W. (1890), “معیت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1917
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 724