harcırah

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish خرجراه, from Arabic خَرْج (ḵarj, “expense”) and Persian راه (râh, “road”).

Noun

harcırah (definite accusative harcırahı, plural harcırahlar)

  1. mileage, travel allowance

See also

References

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “خرجراه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 535
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “harcırah”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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