كرامت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَرَامَة (karāma, “dignity”).

Noun

كرامت • (keramet) (definite accusative كرامتی (kerameti), plural كرامات (keramât))

1. (religion) miracle, wonder, marvel, prodigy, any event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature

   Synonyms: علامت (ʼalamet), معجزه (mu’cize)

2. (religion, Sufism) karamat, the supernatural wonders or miracles performed by walis or Muslim saints

Derived terms

• كرامتدار (kerametdar, “man of sanctity”)
• كرامتلو (kerametli, “miraculous”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: keramet

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “keramet1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2555
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “kerâmet”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 609
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كرامت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1018
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Miraculum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 1055
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “كرامت”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 3901
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “keramet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كرامت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1533