hayrat
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish خیرات, from Arabic خَيْرَات (ḵayrāt). Formally, a plural of hayır (“good; charity”).
Noun edit
hayrat (definite accusative hayratı, plural hayratlar)
- good deeds
- pious or charitable organization
Related terms edit
References edit
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hayrat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خیرات”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 876
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN