sefir

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish سفیر, from Arabic سَفِير (safīr).

Noun

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sefir (definite accusative sefiri, plural sefirler)

  1. ambassador, envoy

Derived terms

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References

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  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sefir”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سفیر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1063
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN