mahsur

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish محصور (mahsur), from Arabic مَحْصُور (maḥṣūr), passive participle of حَصَرَ (ḥaṣara).

Adjective

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mahsur

  1. confined, trapped, stuck
  2. limited
  3. hindered
  4. besieged, blockaded

References

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  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mahsur”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “محصور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1764
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN