beşer

Turkish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /be.ʃɛɾ/

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish بشر‎ (beşer). By surface analysis, beş (“five”) +‎ -er (distributive suffix).

Adverb

beşer

  1. distributive of beş (five each)

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish بشر‎ (beşer), from Arabic بَشَر‎ (bašar).

Noun

beşer (definite accusative beşeri, plural beşerler)

  1. man, human
  2. mankind
Declension
Inflection
Nominative beşer
Definite accusative beşeri
Singular Plural
Nominative beşer beşerler
Definite accusative beşeri beşerleri
Dative beşere beşerlere
Locative beşerde beşerlerde
Ablative beşerden beşerlerden
Genitive beşerin beşerlerin

References
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “beşer”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بشر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 366
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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