شرفه

See also: سرقة, سرفه, and شرفة

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic شُرْفَة (šurfa).

Noun

شرفه • (şerefe or şürfe)

1. gallery of a minaret, where the call to prayer is given
2. battlement

Descendants

• Turkish: şerefe

References

• 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