"memur" meaning in Turkish

See memur in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /meːmʊɾ/
Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic مَأْمُور (maʔmūr)bor. Ottoman Turkish مأمور (meʼmur) Turkish memur Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مأمور (meʼmur, “officer, agent”), borrowed from Arabic مَأْمُور (maʔmūr, “officer; magistrate”). Etymology templates: {{ety|tr|:inh|ota:مأمور<t:officer, agent>|text=2|tree=1}} Etymology tree Arabic مَأْمُور (maʔmūr)bor. Ottoman Turkish مأمور (meʼmur) Turkish memur [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "officer; magistrate", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Arabic", "term" : "مَأْمُور", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ar" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "transliteration" : "meʼmur", "lang_name" : "Ottoman Turkish", "term" : "مأمور", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ota" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Turkish", "term" : "memur", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "tr" }" data-lang="tr" data-title="memur"> Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مأمور (meʼmur, “officer, agent”), borrowed from Arabic مَأْمُور (maʔmūr, “officer; magistrate”)., {{ety|tr|:inh|ota:مأمور<t:officer, agent>|text=2|tree=1}} Etymology tree Arabic مَأْمُور (maʔmūr)bor. Ottoman Turkish مأمور (meʼmur) Turkish memur Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مأمور (meʼmur, “officer, agent”), borrowed from Arabic مَأْمُور (maʔmūr, “officer; magistrate”). Head templates: {{head|tr|noun|definite accusative|memuru|||plural|memurlar|f1request=1|f3request=1|head=|sort=}} memur (definite accusative memuru, plural memurlar), {{tr-noun|u|lar}} memur (definite accusative memuru, plural memurlar) Inflection templates: {{tr-infl-noun-c|u|pred=1}} Forms: memuru [accusative, definite], memurlar [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], memur [nominative, singular], memurlar [nominative, plural], memuru [accusative, definite, singular], memurları [accusative, definite, plural], memura [dative, singular], memurlara [dative, plural], memurda [locative, singular], memurlarda [locative, plural], memurdan [ablative, singular], memurlardan [ablative, plural], memurun [genitive, singular], memurların [genitive, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], memurum [first-person, singular], memurlarım [first-person, singular], memursun [second-person, singular], memurlarsın [second-person, singular], memur [singular, third-person], memurdur [singular, third-person], memurlar [singular, third-person], memurlardır [singular, third-person], memuruz [first-person, plural], memurlarız [first-person, plural], memursunuz [plural, second-person], memurlarsınız [plural, second-person], memurlar [plural, third-person], memurlardır [plural, third-person]
  1. (originally) civil servant
    Sense id: en-memur-tr-noun-rKQF0vGb Categories (other): Turkish entries with etymology texts, Turkish entries with etymology trees, Turkish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Turkish entries with etymology texts: 49 27 24 Disambiguation of Turkish entries with etymology trees: 49 27 24 Disambiguation of Turkish entries with incorrect language header: 42 18 40
  2. Anybody assigned to a job or responsibility
    Sense id: en-memur-tr-noun-fGlR1Jpc Categories (other): Turkish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Turkish entries with incorrect language header: 42 18 40
  3. incumbent
    Sense id: en-memur-tr-noun-~-vPYTR5 Categories (other): Turkish entries with etymon, Turkish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Turkish entries with etymon: 31 27 42 Disambiguation of Turkish entries with incorrect language header: 42 18 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: başmemur Related terms: memuriyet, memurluk, görevli, yükümlü
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  "derived": [
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "başmemur"
    }
  ],
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      "مَأْمُور",
      "مأمور#Arabic"
    ],
    [
      "مأمور",
      "مأمور#Ottoman_Turkish"
    ],
    [
      "مأمور",
      "مأمور#Ottoman_Turkish"
    ],
    [
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      "مأمور#Arabic"
    ]
  ],
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        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "ota:مأمور<t:officer, agent>",
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      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nArabic مَأْمُور (maʔmūr)bor.\nOttoman Turkish مأمور (meʼmur)\nTurkish memur\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"gloss\" : \"officer; magistrate\", \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Arabic\", \"term\" : \"مَأْمُور\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"ar\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"transliteration\" : \"meʼmur\", \"lang_name\" : \"Ottoman Turkish\", \"term\" : \"مأمور\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ota\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Turkish\", \"term\" : \"memur\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"tr\" }\" data-lang=\"tr\" data-title=\"memur\">\nInherited from Ottoman Turkish مأمور (meʼmur, “officer, agent”), borrowed from Arabic مَأْمُور (maʔmūr, “officer; magistrate”).",
      "name": "ety"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nArabic مَأْمُور (maʔmūr)bor.\nOttoman Turkish مأمور (meʼmur)\nTurkish memur\nInherited from Ottoman Turkish مأمور (meʼmur, “officer, agent”), borrowed from Arabic مَأْمُور (maʔmūr, “officer; magistrate”).",
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "memuru",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memurlar",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tr-infl-noun-c",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memurlar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memuru",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "memurları",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memura",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memurlara",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memurda",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memurlarda",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memurdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memurlardan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memurun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memurların",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tr-infl-noun-c",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memurum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memurlarım",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memursun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memurlarsın",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memurdur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memurlar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memurlardır",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memuruz",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memurlarız",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memursunuz",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memurlarsınız",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memurlar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memurlardır",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
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        "4": "memuru",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
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        "8": "memurlar",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f3request": "1",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
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        "2": "lar"
      },
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    }
  ],
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        "1": "u",
        "pred": "1"
      },
      "name": "tr-infl-noun-c"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Turkish",
  "lang_code": "tr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "memuriyet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "memurluk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "görevli"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "yükümlü"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "49 27 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Turkish entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 27 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Turkish entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 18 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Turkish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "civil servant"
      ],
      "id": "en-memur-tr-noun-rKQF0vGb",
      "links": [
        [
          "civil servant",
          "civil servant"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "originally",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(originally) civil servant"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "42 18 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Turkish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to assign to a job",
          "text": "memur etmek",
          "translation": "to assign to a job",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Anybody assigned to a job or responsibility"
      ],
      "id": "en-memur-tr-noun-fGlR1Jpc"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "31 27 42",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 18 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Turkish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "incumbent"
      ],
      "id": "en-memur-tr-noun-~-vPYTR5",
      "links": [
        [
          "incumbent",
          "incumbent"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/meːmʊɾ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "memur"
}
{
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    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymology trees",
    "Pages with etymon",
    "Turkish entries with etymology texts",
    "Turkish entries with etymology trees",
    "Turkish entries with etymon",
    "Turkish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Turkish lemmas",
    "Turkish nouns",
    "Turkish terms derived from Arabic",
    "Turkish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish",
    "Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish"
  ],
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    }
  ],
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    ],
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    ],
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    ],
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      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nArabic مَأْمُور (maʔmūr)bor.\nOttoman Turkish مأمور (meʼmur)\nTurkish memur\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"gloss\" : \"officer; magistrate\", \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Arabic\", \"term\" : \"مَأْمُور\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"ar\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"transliteration\" : \"meʼmur\", \"lang_name\" : \"Ottoman Turkish\", \"term\" : \"مأمور\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ota\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Turkish\", \"term\" : \"memur\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"tr\" }\" data-lang=\"tr\" data-title=\"memur\">\nInherited from Ottoman Turkish مأمور (meʼmur, “officer, agent”), borrowed from Arabic مَأْمُور (maʔmūr, “officer; magistrate”).",
      "name": "ety"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
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      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nArabic مَأْمُور (maʔmūr)bor.\nOttoman Turkish مأمور (meʼmur)\nTurkish memur\nInherited from Ottoman Turkish مأمور (meʼmur, “officer, agent”), borrowed from Arabic مَأْمُور (maʔmūr, “officer; magistrate”).",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nArabic مَأْمُور (maʔmūr)bor.\nOttoman Turkish مأمور (meʼmur)\nTurkish memur\nInherited from Ottoman Turkish مأمور (meʼmur, “officer, agent”), borrowed from Arabic مَأْمُور (maʔmūr, “officer; magistrate”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "memuru",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memurlar",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tr-infl-noun-c",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memurlar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memuru",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memurları",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memura",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memurlara",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memurda",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memurlarda",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memurdan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memurlardan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memurun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memurların",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tr-infl-noun-c",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memurum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memurlarım",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memursun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memurlarsın",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memurdur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memurlar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memurlardır",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memuruz",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memurlarız",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memursunuz",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memurlarsınız",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memurlar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memurlardır",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tr",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "definite accusative",
        "4": "memuru",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "plural",
        "8": "memurlar",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f3request": "1",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "memur (definite accusative memuru, plural memurlar)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "u",
        "2": "lar"
      },
      "expansion": "memur (definite accusative memuru, plural memurlar)",
      "name": "tr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "u",
        "pred": "1"
      },
      "name": "tr-infl-noun-c"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Turkish",
  "lang_code": "tr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "memuriyet"
    },
    {
      "word": "memurluk"
    },
    {
      "word": "görevli"
    },
    {
      "word": "yükümlü"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "civil servant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "civil servant",
          "civil servant"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "originally",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(originally) civil servant"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Turkish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to assign to a job",
          "text": "memur etmek",
          "translation": "to assign to a job",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Anybody assigned to a job or responsibility"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "incumbent"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "incumbent",
          "incumbent"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/meːmʊɾ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "memur"
}

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