χαράτσι
Greek edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Byzantine Greek χαράτσι (kharátsi), from Ottoman Turkish خراج (haraç), from Arabic خَرَاج (ḵarāj).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
χαράτσι • (charátsi) n (plural χαράτσια)
- (historical) poll tax (under the Ottomans)
- (figuratively) any heavy tax
Declension edit
declension of χαράτσι
Further reading edit
- χαράτσι - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
- χαράτσι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el