müsrif

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مسرف‎ (müsrif), from Arabic مُسْرِف‎‎ (musrif), active participle of أَسْرَفَ‎ (ʾasrafa).

Adjective

müsrif

extravagant (profuse in expenditure)

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “müsrif”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “مسرف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1853
The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN, page 830

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