muhtach

Ladino

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish محتاج (muhtac, muhtaç),[1] from Arabic مُحْتَاج (muḥtāj).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muxˈtat͡ʃ/

Adjective

muhtach

  1. needy; in need; poor
    • 1888–1913, Rifat Birmizrahi, Ninet Bivas, editor, Lo ke meldavan nuestros padres‎[1], published 2002, page 221:
      La komunedad de Estanbol konta munchos rikos, la van endenyar estos rikos ke sus gran rabino salga a shelihot para una komunedad ke no es muhtach?
      Istanbul's community includes many rich men, are these men going to agree that the chief rabbi leave to an embassy for a community that is not in need?

References

  1. ^ “muhtach”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola [Treasure of the Judeo-Spanish Language] (in Ladino, Hebrew, and English), Instituto Maale Adumim
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