mülazım

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ملازم (mülazim), from Arabic مُلَازِم (mulāzim), active participle of لَازَمَ (lāzama). The original sense of persistence and inseparability evolved to mean an assistant.

Noun

mülazım (definite accusative mülazımı, plural mülazımlar)

1. (military, obsolete) lieutenant

   Synonym: teğmen

2. (obsolete or historical) novice; assistant

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ملازم”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1218
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mülazım”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ملازم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1979
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN