rahmet

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾahˈmet/
• Hyphenation: rah‧met

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish رحمت (rahmet, “gods's mercy, compassion, forgiveness”), from Arabic رَحْمَة (raḥma, “mercy, compassion”).

Noun

rahmet (definite accusative rahmeti, plural rahmetler)

1. God's mercy, compassion, forgiveness

Derived terms

• Allah rahmet eylesin
• Hakk'ın rahmetine kavuşmak
• rahmet okumak
• rahmet olsun canına
• rahmetle
• rahmetli

 

Etymology 2

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish رحمت (rahmet, “rain”), from Arabic رِهمة (“persistent and weak rain”).

Noun

rahmet (definite accusative rahmeti, plural rahmetler)

1. (colloquial) rain

Further reading

• “rahmet”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “rahmet1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “rahmet2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “rahmet”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “rahmet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3853