محترم

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مُحْتَرَم (muḥtaram), passive participle of اِحْتَرَمَ (iḥtarama, to honor, respect).

Adjective

محترم (muhterem)

  1. honored; honorable, respectable, esteemed
    • 1926 March 20, “عصمت پاشا ازمیرده [Ismet Pasha in Izmir]”, in Hakimiyet-i Milliye:
      محترم باش وكیلمز خاق طرفندن ازمیرده
      بویوك تظاهراتله استقبال ایدیلد یلر
      Muhterem baş vekilimiz halk tarafından İzimirde
      buyuk tezahüratle istikbal edildiler
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Descendants

  • Turkish: muhterem

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), muhterem”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890), محترم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1758
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 794

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح رم

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic مُحْتَرَم (muḥtaram).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muħ.ta.ram/, [ˈmuħ.ta.ram]
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Adjective

محترم (muḥtaram) (feminine محترمة (muḥtarame), common plural محترمين (muḥtaramīn))

  1. respectable
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