hatti-sherif

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English

Alternative forms

hatti-sheriff

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خطِ شریف (hatt-ı şerif, noble writing), from Arabic خَطّ (ḵaṭṭ, writing) + شَرِيف (šarīf, noble, sharif).

Noun

hatti-sherif (plural hatti-sherifs)

  1. (historical) In the Ottoman Empire, An edict countersigned by the sultan.
    Hypernym: firman

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