كشیشخانه
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Ottoman Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A compound of كشیش (keşiş, “priest; monk”) + خانه (hâne, “place”).
Noun
[edit]كشیشخانه • (keşişhane)
- (Christianity) monastery, a residence for monks or others who have taken religious vows
- Synonym: مناستر (manastır)
Descendants
[edit]- Turkish: keşişhane
Further reading
[edit]- 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