معیشت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic مَعِيشَة (maʕīša).

Noun

معیشت • (ma'işet)

  1. livelihood, means of support
  2. the food ration of certain professionals in the Ottoman Empire

Descendants

  • Turkish: maişet

Further reading

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “maişet”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890), “معیشت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1917

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَعِيشَة (maʕīša).

Noun

معیشت • (ma'išat)

  1. livelihood

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian معیشت (ma'īšat), from Arabic مَعِيشَة (maʕīša).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

معیشت • (ma'īśat) f (Hindi spelling मईशत)

  1. economy

Declension

Declension of معیشت
singular plural
direct معیشت (ma'īśat) معیشتیں (ma'īśatẽ)
oblique معیشت (ma'īśat) معیشتوں (ma'īśatõ)
vocative معیشت (ma'īśat) معیشتو (ma'īśato)

References

  1. ^ Platts, John T. (1884), “معیشت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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