ikramiye

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اكرامیه, a 19th century Ottoman coinage from Arabic إِكْرَام (ʔikrām).

Noun

ikramiye (definite accusative ikramiyeyi, plural ikramiyeler)

1. bonus, gratuity
2. prize in a lottery

Related terms

• ikram

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “اكرامیه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 126
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ikramiye”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN