borçlu
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish بورجلو, بورجلی (borclu), equivalent to borç (“debt”) + -lu (adjective forming suffix). Compare Azerbaijani borclu.
Adjective
borçlu
- indebted
- (with dative) in debt to, under obligation to
- 1930 October 31, “Akdeniz Sahillerimizin İktisadî Bir Can Damarı Süngerciliktir”, in Son Posta, page 5:
- Akdeniz kıyılarımızda vaktile yerden biter gibi yükselen şehirler bu seri ve vâsi inkişaflarını sahil ahalisinin süngerciliğine borçludurlar.
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References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “بورجلی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 282
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بورجلو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 394
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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