كشیشخانه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

A compound of كشیش (keşiş, “priest; monk”) +‎ خانه (hâne, “place”).

Noun

كشیشخانه • (keşişhane)

1. (Christianity) monastery, a residence for monks or others who have taken religious vows

   Synonym: مناستر (manastır)

Descendants

• Turkish: keşişhane

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “keşişhane”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2578
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “كشیشخانه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1030
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “كشیشخانه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1554