zimmet

See also: Zimmet

Kavalan

Noun

zimmet

  1. glutinous rice; sticky rice

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ذمت (zimmet), from Arabic ذِمَّة (ḏimma).

Noun

zimmet (definite accusative zimmeti, plural zimmetler)

  1. debt
  2. duty, obligation, responsibility
  3. (historical) The duty and tribute owed by a non-Muslim subject of the Ottoman Empire

Further reading

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “zimmet”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ذمت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 605b
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “ذمت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 949a
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