imar
Maia
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish اعمار, from Arabic إِعْمَار (ʔiʕmār).
Noun
imar (definite accusative imarı, plural imarlar)
- improving, edifying (in the physical rather than intellectual sense), developing, building up
- Synonyms: bayındırlık, şenlendirme
References
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “i'mâr”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 517
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اعمار”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 145
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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