harcırah

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish خرجراه, from Arabic خَرْج (ḵarj, “expense”) and Persian راه (râh, “road”).

Noun

harcırah (definite accusative harcırahı, plural harcırahlar)

  1. mileage, travel allowance

See also
  • yolluk

References
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “خرجراه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 535
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “harcırah”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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