kahya
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Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish كهیا (kahya), shortening of كتخدا (kethüda), from Persian کدخدا. Doublet of kethüda.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: kah‧ya
Noun
[edit]kahya (definite accusative kahyayı, plural kahyalar)
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “kâhya”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 582
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kahya”, in Nişanyan Sözlük