muavin

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Crimean Tatar

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Other scripts
Cyrillic муавин
Roman

Etymology

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From Arabic مُعَاوِن (muʕāwin).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: mu‧a‧vin

Noun

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muavin

  1. deputy

Declension

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish معاون (muavin, helper, assistant, deputy), from Arabic مُعَاوِن (muʕāwin).

Noun

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muavin (definite accusative muavini, plural muavinler)

  1. helper, assistant
  2. (government) assistant director; deputy director
  3. (soccer) halfback

Derived terms

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References

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  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “muavin”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “معاون”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1900
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN