Where does “çevirmen” come from?

çevirmen (Turkish) comes from Turkish men, from Ottoman Turkish منع, from Arabic مَنْع.

çevirmen (Turkish): interpreter

Definitions

  1. interpreter

Ancestry of “çevirmen”, step by step

çevirmen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Turkish men

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TurkishmenAn act of prohibiting, forbidding
2Ottoman Turkishمنعpreventing, hindering
3Arabicمَنْع—

via Turkish çevirmek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishçevirmekto turn over; to translate; to dial
2Proto-Turkic*čebir-to twist, turn
Every word from Arabic مَنْع →Every word from Ottoman Turkish منع →Every word from Turkish men →