muhbir

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish مخبر (muḫbir),[1][2][3] from Arabic مُخْبِر (muḵbir).[4]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /muhˈbiɾ/
  • Hyphenation: muh‧bir

Noun

muhbir (definite accusative muhbiri, plural muhbirler)

  1. (dated) Someone who brings news.
  2. Someone who reports a problem or violation to the authorities; informant, whistle-blower.
  3. Someone who leaks confidential information in a company to its rivals; informant, telltale, rat.
  4. (slang) Someone who relays information of misconduct to hurt others, especially out of spite; blabbermouth, snitch.

Declension
Inflection
Nominative muhbir
Definite accusative muhbiri
Singular Plural
Nominative muhbir muhbirler
Definite accusative muhbiri muhbirleri
Dative muhbire muhbirlere
Locative muhbirde muhbirlerde
Ablative muhbirden muhbirlerden
Genitive muhbirin muhbirlerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular muhbirim muhbirlerim
2nd singular muhbirin muhbirlerin
3rd singular muhbiri muhbirleri
1st plural muhbirimiz muhbirlerimiz
2nd plural muhbiriniz muhbirleriniz
3rd plural muhbirleri muhbirleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular muhbirimi muhbirlerimi
2nd singular muhbirini muhbirlerini
3rd singular muhbirini muhbirlerini
1st plural muhbirimizi muhbirlerimizi
2nd plural muhbirinizi muhbirlerinizi
3rd plural muhbirlerini muhbirlerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular muhbirime muhbirlerime
2nd singular muhbirine muhbirlerine
3rd singular muhbirine muhbirlerine
1st plural muhbirimize muhbirlerimize
2nd plural muhbirinize muhbirlerinize
3rd plural muhbirlerine muhbirlerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular muhbirimde muhbirlerimde
2nd singular muhbirinde muhbirlerinde
3rd singular muhbirinde muhbirlerinde
1st plural muhbirimizde muhbirlerimizde
2nd plural muhbirinizde muhbirlerinizde
3rd plural muhbirlerinde muhbirlerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular muhbirimden muhbirlerimden
2nd singular muhbirinden muhbirlerinden
3rd singular muhbirinden muhbirlerinden
1st plural muhbirimizden muhbirlerimizden
2nd plural muhbirinizden muhbirlerinizden
3rd plural muhbirlerinden muhbirlerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular muhbirimin muhbirlerimin
2nd singular muhbirinin muhbirlerinin
3rd singular muhbirinin muhbirlerinin
1st plural muhbirimizin muhbirlerimizin
2nd plural muhbirinizin muhbirlerinizin
3rd plural muhbirlerinin muhbirlerinin
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular muhbirim muhbirlerim
2nd singular muhbirsin muhbirlersin
3rd singular muhbir
muhbirdir		 muhbirler
muhbirlerdir
1st plural muhbiriz muhbirleriz
2nd plural muhbirsiniz muhbirlersiniz
3rd plural muhbirler muhbirlerdir

References
  1. Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مخبر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1772
  2. Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مخبر”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1134
  3. Şemseddin Sâmi (1899–1901) “مخبر”, in قاموس تركی [kamus-ı türki] (in Ottoman Turkish), Constantinople: İkdam Matbaası, page 1307
  4. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “muhbir”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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