Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic خِتَام (ḵitām), verbal noun of خَاتَمَ (ḵātama).

Noun edit

ختام (hitam)

  1. end, conclusion, completion
  2. (religion) the highest rank of saint

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: hitam

Further reading edit

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “hitam”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ختام”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 531b
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hitam”, in Nişanyan Sözlük