hayrat

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish خیرات, from Arabic خَيْرَات (ḵayrāt). Formally, a plural of hayır (“good; charity”).

Noun

hayrat (definite accusative hayratı, plural hayratlar)

1. good deeds
2. pious or charitable organization

Related terms

• hayır

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hayrat”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خیرات”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 876
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN