mahsur

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See also: məhşur

Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish محصور (mahsur), from Arabic مَحْصُور (maḥṣūr), passive participle of حَصَرَ (ḥaṣara).

Adjective[edit]

mahsur

confined, trapped, stuck
limited
hindered
besieged, blockaded

References[edit]

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mahsur”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “محصور”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1764
Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

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