لغوفت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-
    Byzantine Greek λόγος (lógos)
    Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
    Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti
    Byzantine Greek τίθημι (títhēmi)
    Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.
    Byzantine Greek -της (-tēs)
    Byzantine Greek θέτης (thétēs)
    Byzantine Greek λογοθέτης (logothétēs)bor.
    Ottoman Turkish لغوفت

    Borrowed from Byzantine Greek λογοθέτης (logothétēs), from λόγος (lógos) + θέτης (thétēs).

    Noun

    لغوفت • (loğofet)

    1. an auditor of accounts
    2. logothete
    3. an administrative position in Wallachia and Moldova

    Descendants

    • Turkish: loğofet

    References

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