muhterem

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish محترم‎ (muhterem), from Arabic مُحْتَرَم‎‎ (muḥtaram), passive participle of اِحْتَرَمَ‎ (iḥtarama, “to honor, respect”).

Adjective

muhterem

honored; honorable, respectable, esteemed

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
The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN

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