müfettiş

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مفتش‎ (müfettiş), from Arabic مُفَتِّش‎ (mufattiš), active participle of فَتَّشَ‎ (fattaša, “to inspect”).

Noun

müfettiş (definite accusative müfettişi, plural müfettişler)

inspector

Derived terms

müfettişlik

Related terms

teftiş (“inspection; investigation”)

References

Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “müfettiş”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 850
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “müfettiş”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

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