سفارتخانه
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
A compound of سفارت (sefaret, “embassy”) + خانه (hâne, “place”).
Noun
سفارتخانه • (sefarethane)
- embassy, the official residence of an ambassador
Descendants
- Turkish: sefarethane
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “sefarethane”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4117
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “سفارتخانه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 680
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “سفارتخانه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1060
Persian
Alternative forms
- سفارتخونه (sefâratxune)
Etymology
سفارت (sefârat) + ـخانه (xâne)
Noun
سفارتخانه • (sefâratxâne) (plural سفارتخانهها (sefâratxâne-hâ))
- embassy
Synonyms
- سفارت (sefârat)