عهدنامه
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology edit
عهد (ahd, “promise, treaty”) + نامه (nâme, “writing, book”), from Arabic عَهْد (ʕahd) and Persian نامه (nâme).
Noun edit
عهدنامه • (ahdnâme or ahidnâme)
- a treaty or charter granting rights to foreign subjects in the Ottoman Empire; a capitulation
Descendants edit
- Turkish: ahitname
See also edit
References edit
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عهد”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1328