یتیمخانه
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Ottoman Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A compound of یتیم (yetim, “orphan”) + خانه (hâne, “place”).
Noun[edit]
یتیمخانه • (yetimhane)
- orphanage, a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans
Descendants[edit]
- Turkish: yetimhane
Further reading[edit]
- 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[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1396