Imaret Definition

ĭ-märĕt
noun
In Turkey, an inn or hospice.
Webster's New World

An Ottoman soup kitchen built between the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries, often part of a larger complex or waqf.

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Other Word Forms of Imaret

Noun

Singular:
imaret
Plural:
imarets

Origin of Imaret

  • Turkish from Arabic ‘imāra building from ‘amara to build ʕmr in Semitic roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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