mahsur

See also: məhşur

Turkish

Etymology

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

Adjective

mahsur

  1. confined, trapped, stuck
  2. limited
  3. hindered
  4. besieged, blockaded

References

  • 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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