fidye

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish فدیه (fidye), from Arabic فِدْيَة (fidya).

Noun

fidye (definite accusative fidyeyi, plural fidyeler)

  1. ransom
  2. (Islam) fidyah

References

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “فدیه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎ (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 889a
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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