müsellah

Turkish

Alternative forms
  • müsellâh

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مسلح (müsellah), from Arabic مُسَلَّح (musallaḥ, “armed”), from سَلَّحَ (sallaḥa, “to arm, equip”).

Adjective

müsellah (archaic)

  1. armed
    Synonym: silahlı
    • 1929 December 24, “Beş haydut”, in Yarın, page 1:
      Derhal yapılab takibat netibesinde Abdüsselâm avenesi olan dört müsellâh haydutlar birlikte yakalanmış ve mahkemeye verimiştir.
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References
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “müsellah”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مسلح”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1856
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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