قمارخانه
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Compound of قمار (kumar, “gambling”) + خانه (hâne, “house”).
Noun
قمارخانه • (kumarhâne) (definite accusative قمارخانهیی (kumarhâneyi), plural قمارخانهلر (kumarhâneler))
- gaming house, casino
- Synonym: قازینو (kazino)
Descendants
- Turkish: kumarhane
Further reading
- Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1886) “قمار”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: E. Leroux, page 535
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kumarhane”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2834
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قمارخانه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 971
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قمارخانه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1472