mülazım

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ملازم‎ (mülazim), from Arabic مُلَازِم‎ (mulāzim), active participle of لَازَمَ‎ (lāzama). The original sense of persistence and inseparability evolved to mean an assistant.

Noun

mülazım (definite accusative mülazımı, plural mülazımlar)

(military, obsolete) lieutenant
Synonym: teğmen
(obsolete or historical) novice; assistant

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911), “ملازم”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1218
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “mülazım”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “ملازم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1979
Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

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