عهد‌نامه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

عهد (ahd, “promise, treaty”) +‎ نامه (nâme, “writing, book”), from Arabic عَهْد (ʕahd) and Persian (nâme).

Noun

عهد‌نامه • (ahdnâme or ahidnâme)

a treaty or charter granting rights to foreign subjects in the Ottoman Empire; a capitulation

Descendants

Turkish: ahitname

See also

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عهد”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1328

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