عهد‌نامه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

عهد (ahd, “promise, treaty”) +‎ نامه (nâme, “writing, book”), from Arabic عَهْد (ʕahd) and Persian نامه (nâme).

Noun

عهد‌نامه • (ahdnâme or ahidnâme)

1. a treaty or charter granting rights to foreign subjects in the Ottoman Empire; a capitulation

Descendants

• Turkish: ahitname

See also

• capitulation
• kapitülasyon

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “عهد”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1328