فتوتلو

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• فتوتلی (fütüvetli)

Etymology

From Arabic فُتُوَّة (futuwwa) and the adjective-forming suffix ـلو (-li).

Adjective

فتوتلو • (fütüvetli or fütüvetlü)

1. 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^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 887