كتبخانه
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
A compound of the plural of كتاب (kitab, “book”) + خانه (hâne, “place”).
Noun
كتبخانه • (kütübhâne)
- library, an institution which holds books
- bookcase, a piece of furniture for the storage of books
- bookshop, a shop that sells books
Descendants
- Turkish: kütüphane
Further reading
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “كتبخانه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1011
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “كتبخانه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1526