müsevvit
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish مسود (müsevvid), from Arabic مُسَوِّد (musawwid), active participle of سَوَّدَ (sawwada, “to write a draft”).
Noun
müsevvit (definite accusative müsevviti, plural müsevvitler) (obsolete)
- drafter (of documents)
- secretary who takes minutes or edits (as distinct from a copyist)
Related terms
- müsvedde
References
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “müsevvid”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 884
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “مسود”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1169
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “مسود”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1859
- Wehr, Hans (1960), “müsevvit”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz