خدمتكار

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• خذمتكار (hizmetkâr)

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian خدمتکار (xidmatkār). By surface analysis, خدمت (hidmet, hizmet) +‎ كار (kar).

Noun

خدمتكار • (hizmetkâr)

1. servant
2. household servant, domestic
3. employee

Derived terms

• خدمتكارلك (hizmetkârlik)

Descendants

• Turkish: hizmetkâr
• → Albanian: hyzmeqar
• → Armenian: խըզմէթքեար (xəzmētʻkʻear)
• → Aromanian: huzmichear, uzmichear, iuzmichear, hizmichear, izmichear
• → Bulgarian: измекя́р (izmekjár), измекя́рин (izmekjárin)
• → Greek: χουσμεκιάρης (chousmekiáris)
• → Georgian: ხიზმეთქარი (xizmetkari)
• → Laz: ხეზმეკჲარი (xezmeǩyari)
• → Macedonian: измеќар (izmeḱar)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: хизмѐћа̄р, измѐћа̄р

  Latin script: hizmèćār, izmèćār

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “hizmetkâr”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “خدمتكار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 533a
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hizmet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük