Çelebi (IPA: /t͡ʃelebi/) was an Ottoman title of respect, approximately corresponding to "gentleman", "well-mannered" or "courteous". [1] Çelebi also means “man of God”, as a i-suffixed derivative from çalab (IPA /t͡ʃalab/), which means "God" in old Turkish. [2] German linguist and Turkologist Marcel Erdal, citing Baron Tiesenhausen, traces çalab back to Arabic djellaba "importer, trader, merchant" > "high social positions"; jallāb is derived from root j-l-b "to have brought, to import", [3] ultimately from West Semitic root g-l-b "to catch, to fetch". [4]
Notable people with the title include:
Çelebi (IPA: /t͡ʃelebi/) was an Ottoman title of respect, approximately corresponding to "gentleman", "well-mannered" or "courteous". [1] Çelebi also means “man of God”, as a i-suffixed derivative from çalab (IPA /t͡ʃalab/), which means "God" in old Turkish. [2] German linguist and Turkologist Marcel Erdal, citing Baron Tiesenhausen, traces çalab back to Arabic djellaba "importer, trader, merchant" > "high social positions"; jallāb is derived from root j-l-b "to have brought, to import", [3] ultimately from West Semitic root g-l-b "to catch, to fetch". [4]
Notable people with the title include: