متفنن
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic مُتَفَنِّن (mutafannin), active participle of تَفَنَّنَ (tafannana).
Adjective
متفنن • (mütefennin)
- well educated in art or science
Further reading
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “mütefennin”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “mütefennin”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3428
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “mütefennin”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 913