müşahit

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مشاهد (müşahid), from Arabic مُشاهِد (mušāhid), active participle of شَاهَدَ (šāhada, “to watch, see, observe”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [my.ʃaːˈhit]
  • Hyphenation: mü‧şa‧hit

Noun

müşahit (definite accusative müşahidi, plural müşahitler) (archaic)

  1. spectator, observer, eyewitness
    • 1941 December 13, “Alman kayıpları”, in Yeniyol, Trabzon, page 1:
      Vaşington 12 (a.a.) - Rus cephesinde bulunan müşahitlere göre Almanların insan kayıpları dört milyon iki yüz bindir.
      According to observers, German casualties on the Russian front are four million two hundred thousand men.

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