Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

imaret

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: imaret
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Ottoman soup kitchen built between the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries, often part of a larger complex or waqf.

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."
"He lived in an elegant stone house, a part of the Imaret of Haseki Sultan."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: عمارت, عِمَارَة, ع م ر

Inflected Forms

imarets (plural)

Questions

What does imaret mean?: An Ottoman soup kitchen built between the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries, often part of a larger complex or waqf.
Where does imaret come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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