mahşer

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish محشر (mahşer, “gathering place; crowd; assembly on judgment day”), from Arabic مَحْشَر (maḥšar, “place of assembly”), from حَشَرَ (ḥašara, “assemble”).

Noun

mahşer (definite accusative mahşeri, plural mahşerler)

(Islam) The place where humanity will assemble on the day of judgement, often identified with Mount Arafat in near Mecca.

Related terms

haşere
haşır

References

Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mahşer”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “محشر”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1763

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