Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

muhassil

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: muhas-sil
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A senior public official under the Ottoman Empire charged with tax collection.

Example Sentences

"The Mohassil, in return, pays a visit to the Consul, and is received with much pomp and the Consular house."
"Ibrahim Pasha, in addition to being governor of the holy cities, was made, on the 3rd of May, 1833, mohassil, or collector of the revenues of Adana."
"It was a promotion in status, the Pasha being next in rank to the Grand Vezir and therefore more important than a Muhassil; but this was of course no guarantee of better government."
"A document sent to Istanbul by the muḥaṣṣıl of Aleppo in the 1790s clearly states that French bills of exchange had been purchased against payment of a ‘premium’ […]."

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish محصل (muhassıl), from Arabic مُحَصِّل (muḥaṣṣil).

Word Breakdown

Root: ح ص ل

Inflected Forms

muhassils (plural) mohassil (alternative)

Questions

What does muhassil mean?: A senior public official under the Ottoman Empire charged with tax collection.
Where does muhassil come from?: From Ottoman Turkish محصل (muhassıl), from Arabic مُحَصِّل (muḥaṣṣil).

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