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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish غنیمت (ganimet), from Arabic غَنِيمَة (ḡanīma).
Pronunciation
Noun
ganimet (definite accusative ganimeti, plural ganimetler)
- loot, booty, plunder, spoils
2020, Veysel Şimşek, “Under Fire and Lice”, in Ottoman War and Peace: Studies in Honor of Virginia H. Aksan (in English), Brill, pages 148–149:They soon found out that the ship was filled with flour, raisins, and olives – spoils (ganimet) that Mr. Satar painted vividly in his recollection.
- godsend
References
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN