müsadere

müsadere

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مصادره‎ (müsadere, “confiscation”), from Arabic مُصَادَرَة‎ (muṣādara), verbal noun of صَادَرَ‎ (ṣādara).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /my.saː.de.ˈɾe/
• Hyphenation: mü‧sa‧de‧re

Noun

müsadere (definite accusative müsadereyi, plural müsadereler) (archaic)

1. confiscating; confiscation, capture
   • 1936 April 30, Ulusal Birlik page 1 headline:

     Fransa, Ingilterece gönderilen silâhları Cibutide müsadere etti

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “مصادره”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1177
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “müsadere”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN