χαράτσι

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Byzantine Greek χαράτσι (kharátsi), from Ottoman Turkish خراج (haraç), from Arabic خَرَاج (ḵarāj).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xaˈɾa.t͡si/
Hyphenation: χα‧ρά‧τσι

Noun

χαράτσι • (charátsi) n (plural χαράτσια)

(historical) poll tax (under the Ottomans)
(figuratively) any heavy tax

Declension

declension of χαράτσι

case \ number	singular	plural
nominative	χαράτσι •	χαράτσια •
genitive	χαρατσιού •	χαρατσιών •
accusative	χαράτσι •	χαράτσια •
vocative	χαράτσι •	χαράτσια •

Further reading

χαράτσι - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
χαράτσι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

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