مرابحه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُرَابَحَة (murābaḥa, “usury”).

Noun

مرابحه • (murabaha)

1. usury, an exorbitant rate of interest, in excess of any legal rates
2. usury, the practice of lending money at such rates

Derived terms

• مرابحه‌جی (murabahacı, “usurer”)

Descendants

• Turkish: murabaha

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “murabaha”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3308
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مرابحه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1143
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مرابحه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1797