amele
See also: Amele
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish عمله (amele, “workers; government officials”), from Arabic عَمَلَة (ʿamala), plural of عَامِل (ʿāmil, “worker, laborer”).
Noun
amele (definite accusative ameleyi, plural ameleler)
- worker, laborer
- Synonym: işçi
Related terms
- amil
See also
- ırgat
References
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “amele”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 39
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “amele”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “عمله”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1321
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 56