Etymology

hatti-sherif

Today it means: In the Ottoman Empire, an edict countersigned by the sultan. Full definition →

Ottoman Turkish خطِ شریف ← Arabic خَطّ
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  1. Arabic · derived fromخَطّ“writing”
  2. Ottoman Turkish · borrowed fromخطِ شریف“noble writing”
  3. English todayhatti-sherif

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

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