harcırah

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish خرجراه, from Arabic خَرْج (ḵarj, “expense”) and Persian راه (râh, “road”).

Noun

harcırah (definite accusative harcırahı, plural harcırahlar)

1. mileage, travel allowance

Related terms

• harç

See also

• yolluk

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “خرجراه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 535
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “harcırah”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN