ikramiye

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اكرامیه, a 19th century Ottoman coinage from Arabic إِكْرَام (ʔikrām).

Noun

ikramiye (definite accusative ikramiyeyi, plural ikramiyeler)

  1. bonus, gratuity
  2. prize in a lottery

References
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اكرامیه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 126
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ikramiye”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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