muavin

See also: müavin

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish معاون (muavin, “helper, assistant, deputy”), from Arabic مُعَاوِن (muʕāwin).

Noun

muavin (definite accusative muavini, plural muavinler)

  1. helper, assistant
  2. (government) assistant director; deputy director
  3. (soccer) halfback

Derived terms
  • muavinlik

References
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “muavin”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “معاون”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1900
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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