müptela

Turkish

Alternative forms

• müptelâ

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مبتلا (mübtela), from Arabic مُبْتَلًى (mubtalan), passive participle of اِبْتَلَى (ibtalā, “to afflict”).

Adjective

müptela (archaic)

1. addicted to, passionate for
2. suffering from, afflicted with

Derived terms

• müptelalık

References

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “mübtelâ”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 839
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مبتلا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1100
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “müptela”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN