mavzer

Turkish

A mavzer rifle.

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ماوزر (mavzer), a genericized trademark from Mauser, a German arms manufacturer, named after its creators Wilhelm and Paul Mauser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mavˈzeɾ/
• Hyphenation: mav‧zer

Noun

mavzer (definite accusative mavzeri, plural mavzerler)

1. (archaic, military) Any of the Mauser rifles used by the Ottoman Empire and later by the Republic of Turkey.
2. (archaic, colloquial, by extension) Any bolt action rifle.

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	mavzer
Definite accusative	mavzeri
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mavzer	mavzerler
Definite accusative	mavzeri	mavzerleri
Dative	mavzere	mavzerlere
Locative	mavzerde	mavzerlerde
Ablative	mavzerden	mavzerlerden
Genitive	mavzerin	mavzerlerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular mavzerim mavzerlerim 2nd singular mavzerin mavzerlerin 3rd singular mavzeri mavzerleri 1st plural mavzerimiz mavzerlerimiz 2nd plural mavzeriniz mavzerleriniz 3rd plural mavzerleri mavzerleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular mavzerimi mavzerlerimi 2nd singular mavzerini mavzerlerini 3rd singular mavzerini mavzerlerini 1st plural mavzerimizi mavzerlerimizi 2nd plural mavzerinizi mavzerlerinizi 3rd plural mavzerlerini mavzerlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular mavzerime mavzerlerime 2nd singular mavzerine mavzerlerine 3rd singular mavzerine mavzerlerine 1st plural mavzerimize mavzerlerimize 2nd plural mavzerinize mavzerlerinize 3rd plural mavzerlerine mavzerlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular mavzerimde mavzerlerimde 2nd singular mavzerinde mavzerlerinde 3rd singular mavzerinde mavzerlerinde 1st plural mavzerimizde mavzerlerimizde 2nd plural mavzerinizde mavzerlerinizde 3rd plural mavzerlerinde mavzerlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular mavzerimden mavzerlerimden 2nd singular mavzerinden mavzerlerinden 3rd singular mavzerinden mavzerlerinden 1st plural mavzerimizden mavzerlerimizden 2nd plural mavzerinizden mavzerlerinizden 3rd plural mavzerlerinden mavzerlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular mavzerimin mavzerlerimin 2nd singular mavzerinin mavzerlerinin 3rd singular mavzerinin mavzerlerinin 1st plural mavzerimizin mavzerlerimizin 2nd plural mavzerinizin mavzerlerinizin 3rd plural mavzerlerinin mavzerlerinin

Further reading

• “mavzer”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mavzer”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3085