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

Further reading

• “muhbir”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “muhbir”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3288