mahşer
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish محشر (mahşer, “gathering place; crowd; assembly on judgment day”), from Arabic مَحْشَر (maḥšar, “place of assembly”), from حَشَرَ (ḥašara, “assemble”).
Noun edit
mahşer (definite accusative mahşeri, plural mahşerler)
- (Islam) The place where humanity will assemble on the day of judgement, often identified with Mount Arafat in near Mecca.
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References edit
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mahşer”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “محشر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1763