imaret

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish عمارت (ʼimaret), from Arabic عِمَارَة (ʕimāra).

Noun

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imaret (plural imarets)

  1. (historical or architecture) An Ottoman soup kitchen built between the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries, often part of a larger complex or waqf.
    • 1996, Aptulla Kuran, “A Spatial Study of Three Ottoman Capitals: Bursa, Edirne, and Istanbul”, in Gülru Necipoğlu, editor, Muqarnas: An Annual on the Visual Culture of the Islam World, volume XIII, Harvard University, page 118:
      Yıldırım Bayezid had located his imaret in the opposite direction, some two kilometers to the east of the city. Mehmed I chose a site closer to the center, between the imarets of Orhan Gazi and Yıldırım Bayezid.
    • 2000, John Freely, The Companion Guide to Istanbul and Around the Marmara, page 383:
      It was originally built as a zaviye, or hostel, for members of the Ahi Brotherhood of Virtue; later it became an imaret, serving free food to the poor of Iznik.
    • 2006, T. Byram Karasu, Of God and Madness, page 217:
      He lived in an elegant stone house, a part of the Imaret of Haseki Sultan.

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ottoman Turkish عمارت (ʼimaret), from Arabic عِمَارَة (ʕimāra).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: i‧ma‧ret

Noun

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imaret (definite accusative imareti, plural imaretler)

  1. almshouse, poorhouse
  2. imaret