müstecir
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish مستأجر (müstecir, “one who seeks protection”), from Arabic مُسْتَأْجِر (mustaʔjir), active participle of اِسْتَأْجَرَ (istaʔjara, “to engage for rent”).
Noun
müstecir (definite accusative müsteciri, plural müstecirler)
References
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “müstecîr”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 891
- Robert Avery et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 833