mülteci

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ملتجی (mülteci), from Arabic مُلْتَجِئ (multajiʔ), active participle of اِلْتَجَأَ (iltajaʔa). Despite the apparent suffix -ci, the entire word is from Arabic.

Noun

mülteci (definite accusative mülteciyi, plural mülteciler)

refugee

Synonyms

sığınmacı

Related terms

iltica

References

Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “mültecî”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 861
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mülteci”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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