kahya
Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom Ottoman Turkish كهیا (kahya), shortening of كتخدا (kethüda), from Persian کدخدا. Doublet of kethüda.
Pronunciation
edit- Hyphenation: kah‧ya
Noun
editkahya (definite accusative kahyayı, plural kahyalar)
Declension
editFurther reading
edit- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “kâhya”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 582
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kahya”, in Nişanyan Sözlük