müsellah

Turkish

Alternative forms

• müsellâh

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مسلح (müsellah), from Arabic مُسَلَّح (musallaḥ, “armed”), from سَلَّحَ (sallaḥa, “to arm, equip”).

Adjective

müsellah (archaic)

1. armed

   Synonym: silahlı

   • 1929 December 24, “Beş haydut”, in Yarın, page 1:

     Derhal yapılab takibat netibesinde Abdüsselâm avenesi olan dört müsellâh haydutlar birlikte yakalanmış ve mahkemeye verimiştir.

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References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “müsellah”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مسلح”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1856
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN