şerefe
Turkish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Arabic شَرَّفَ (šarrafa, “to be noble, illustrious”).
Interjection edit
şerefe!
- cheers (toast when drinking)
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Ottoman Turkish شرفه (şerefe), from Arabic شُرْفَة (šurfa, “veranda, balcony, battlement”).
Noun edit
şerefe (definite accusative şerefeyi, plural şerefeler)
- gallery of a minaret, where the call to prayer is given
- (archaic) battlement
References edit
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “şerefe”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “شرفه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1122