beşer

Turkish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /beˈʃær/

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) (archaic)

  1. man, human
  2. mankind
Derived terms
  • beşeri bilimler "humanities" (still in usage)

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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