Hatti-sherif

noun

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  1. 1
    In the Ottoman Empire, an edict countersigned by the sultan. historical

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hatti

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خطِ شریف (hatt-ı şerif, “noble writing”), from Arabic خَطّ (ḵaṭṭ, “writing”) + شَرِيف (šarīf, “noble, sharif”).

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