hatti-sherif
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Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خطِ شریف (hatt-ı şerif, “noble writing”), from Arabic خَطّ (ḵaṭṭ, “writing”) + شَرِيف (šarīf, “noble, sharif”).
Noun[edit]
hatti-sherif (plural hatti-sherifs)
- (historical) In the Ottoman Empire, An edict countersigned by the sultan.
- Hypernym: firman
References[edit]
- Introduction to the Modern Economic History of the Middle East, 1980
- “hatti-sherif”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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