كشیشخانه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

A compound of كشیش (keşiş, “priest; monk”) +‎ خانه (hâne, “place”).

Noun

كشیشخانه • (keşişhane)

(Christianity) monastery, a residence for monks or others who have taken religious vows
Synonym: مناستر (manastır)

Descendants

Turkish: keşişhane

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “keşişhane”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2578
Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كشیشخانه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1030
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كشیشخانه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1554

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