یتیمخانه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

A compound of یتیم (yetim, “orphan”) +‎ خانه (hâne, “place”).

Noun

یتیمخانه • (yetimhane)

orphanage, a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans

Descendants

Turkish: yetimhane

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “yetimhane”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5307
Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “yetimhâne”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎ (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1396

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