haraç

See also: harac, harač, and harács

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish خراج (harac), from Arabic خَرَاج (ḵarāj).

Noun

haraç (definite accusative haracı, plural haraçlar)

  1. tax; poll tax; tribute
  2. (Islam, historical) a tax on land held by non-Muslims

References
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “خراج”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 534a
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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