imaret
English
editEtymology
editFrom Ottoman Turkish عمارت (ʼimaret), from Arabic عِمَارَة (ʕimāra).
Noun
editimaret (plural imarets)
- (historical or architecture) An Ottoman soup kitchen built between the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries, often part of a larger complex or waqf.
- 1996, Aptulla Kuran, “A Spatial Study of Three Ottoman Capitals: Bursa, Edirne, and Istanbul”, in Gülru Necipoğlu, editor, Muqarnas: An Annual on the Visual Culture of the Islam World, volume XIII, Harvard University, page 118:
- Ytldtnm Bayezid had located his imaret in the opposite direction, some two kilometers to the east of the city. Mehmed I chose a site closer to the center, between the imarets of Orhan Gazi and Ytldtnm Bayezid.
- 2000, John Freely, The Companion Guide to Istanbul and Around the Marmara, page 383:
- It was originally built as a zaviye, or hostel, for members of the Ahi Brotherhood of Virtue; later it became an imaret, serving free food to the poor of Iznik.
- 2006, T. Byram Karasu, Of God and Madness, page 217:
- He lived in an elegant stone house, a part of the Imaret of Haseki Sultan.
Translations
editOttoman soup kitchen
References
edit- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “imaret”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عمارت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1320
Anagrams
editTurkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish عمارت (ʼimaret), from Arabic عِمَارَة (ʕimāra).
Pronunciation
edit- Hyphenation: i‧ma‧ret
Noun
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