Definitions for imaretɪˈmɑr ɛt
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
i•ma•retɪˈmɑr ɛt(n.)
an inn for travelers in Turkey.
Category: Common Vocabulary
Origin of imaret:
1605–15; < Turkish < Ar ‘imārah building
Princeton's WordNet
imaret(noun)
a hostel for pilgrims in Turkey
Wiktionary
imaret(Noun)
An Ottoman soup kitchen built between the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries, often part of a larger complex or waqf.
Webster Dictionary
Imaret(noun)
a lodging house for Mohammedan pilgrims
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