müsamere

müsamere

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مسامره‎ (müsamere), from Arabic مُسَامَرَة‎‎ (musāmara), verbal noun of سَامَرَ‎‎ (sāmara, “to chat at night”).

Noun

müsamere (definite accusative müsamereyi, plural müsamereler)

1. evening activity or entertainment; soiree
   • 1934 October 31, headline in Vakit:

     Bir çok mekteplerimizde müsamereler verildi

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “مسامره”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1158
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “müsamere”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “مسامره”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1828
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN