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Crimean Tatar
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic رَحْمَة (raḥma). Compare Turkish rahmet.
Noun
rahmet
- compassion, mercy
- Synonyms: şefqat, merhamet
Declension
References
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɾahˈmet/
- Hyphenation: rah‧met
Etymology 1
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish رحمت (rahmet, “gods's mercy, compassion, forgiveness”), from Arabic رَحْمَة (raḥma, “mercy, compassion”).
Noun
rahmet (definite accusative rahmeti, plural rahmetler)
- God's mercy, compassion, forgiveness
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish رحمت (rahmet, “rain”), from Arabic رِهمة (“persistent and weak rain”).
Noun
rahmet (definite accusative rahmeti, plural rahmetler)
- (colloquial) rain
Further reading
- “rahmet”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “rahmet1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “rahmet2”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “rahmet”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “rahmet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3853