muavin

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

muavin (definite accusative muavini, plural muavinler)

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

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • 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
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