hatti-sherif

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hatti-sherif

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خطِ شریف (hatt-ı şerif, “noble writing”), from Arabic خَطّ (ḵaṭṭ, “writing”) + شَرِيف (šarīf, “noble, sharif”).

noun hatti-sherifs

historical In the Ottoman Empire, an edict countersigned by the sultan.

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@misc{hatti_sherif_2026,
  title = {hatti-sherif},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hatti-sherif},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}