tahaffuzhane

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تحفظخانه, from Arabic تَحَفُّظ (taḥaffuẓ), verbal noun of تَحَفَّظَ (taḥaffaẓa), and Persian خانه (xâne).

Noun

tahaffuzhane (definite accusative tahaffuzhaneyi, plural tahaffuzhaneler) (archaic)

1. quarantine facility; lazaret

References

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN