müsrif

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish مسرف (müsrif), from Arabic مُسْرِف (musrif), active participle of أَسْرَفَ (ʔasrafa).

Adjective

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müsrif

  1. extravagant (profuse in expenditure)

References

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  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “müsrif”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مسرف”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1853
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 830