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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian کدخدا.
Noun
كتخدا • (kethüda)
- a steward in a great man's household, also a manager in a farm or estate; majordomo
Descendants
Further reading
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “kâhya”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “كتخدا”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 3, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2581
- Mallouf, Nassif (1867) “كتخدا”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: Maisonneuve, page 1075
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كتخدا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1524b