sefir

See also: sefîr

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سفیر‎, from Arabic سَفِير‎ (safīr).

Noun

sefir (definite accusative sefiri, plural sefirler)

  1. ambassador, envoy

Derived terms

References
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “sefir”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890), “سفیر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1063
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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