haraç

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See also: harac, harać, and harač

Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish خراج (harac), from Arabic خَرَاج (ḵarāj).

Noun

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haraç (definite accusative haracı, plural haraçlar)

  1. tax; poll tax; tribute
  2. (Islam, historical) a tax on land held by non-Muslims

References

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  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “خراج”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 534a
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN