Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish فدیه (fidye), from Arabic فِدْيَة (fidya).

Noun edit

fidye (definite accusative fidyeyi, plural fidyeler)

  1. ransom
  2. (Islam) fidyah

References edit

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “فدیه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 889a
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN