فتوتلو
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- فتوتلی (fütüvetli)
Etymology
From Arabic فُتُوَّة (futuwwa) and the adjective-forming suffix ـلو (-li).
Adjective
فتوتلو • (fütüvetli or fütüvetlü)
- An honorific for junior officers or civil servants
Further reading
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “fütüvet”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “fütüvetli”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 2, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1621
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “فتوتلو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 887