merasim

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مراسم, from Arabic مَراسِم (marāsim), from رَسْم (rasm, “tradition, custom”).

Noun

merasim (definite accusative merasimi, plural merasimler) (archaic)

1. ceremony, celebration, commemoration

   Synonyms: tören, seremoni

2. established usage; protocol

References

• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “merâsim”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 739
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مراسم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1797
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 757