{"id":2783,"date":"2023-07-27T15:35:27","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T20:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.issendai.com\/16thcenturyistanbul\/?page_id=2783"},"modified":"2024-08-29T21:04:11","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T02:04:11","slug":"glossary-of-useful-terms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.issendai.com\/16thcenturyistanbul\/turkish-names\/glossary-of-useful-terms\/","title":{"rendered":"Glossary of Useful Terms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There’s plenty of data out there if you know what to put into Google… and if you speak Turkish. These are some of the words that unlock Google.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ana – mother<\/p>\n\n\n\n

avrat – woman involved in immoral activities<\/p>\n\n\n\n

azadli – freed slave<\/p>\n\n\n\n

bikr-i b\u00e2li\u011fa – unmarried woman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

cariye – female slave<\/p>\n\n\n\n

cedde – grandmother<\/p>\n\n\n\n

defter, plural defterleri  – a section of official records (and a lot of other things)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

h\u00e2like olan – term for a deceased Muslim woman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

kad\u0131n – woman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

kaynana – mother-in-law<\/p>\n\n\n\n

kebire k\u0131z\u0131 – adult daughter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

k\u0131z – girl<\/p>\n\n\n\n

k\u0131z\u0131 – daughter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

memluk – purchased slave<\/p>\n\n\n\n

m\u00fcdebber – a slave promised his freedom upon the death of his owner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

m\u00fchtediye – a title for a woman who accepted Islam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

mutallaka – divorced woman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

m\u00fcteveffiye – term for a deceased Muslim woman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

nasraniyye – Christian<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Osmanl\u0131 – Ottoman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sagire k\u0131z\u0131 – prepubescent daughter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u015feriye sicilleri, \u015fer’iye sicili – Sharia court records<\/p>\n\n\n\n

tahrir defterleri – tax records<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

tereke defterleri – estate records<\/p>\n\n\n\n

transkripsiyon – transcription<\/p>\n\n\n\n

valide – mother<\/p>\n\n\n\n

zevc – husband<\/p>\n\n\n\n

zevce – wife<\/p>\n\n\n\n

zevce-i metr\u00fbke – widow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

zimmi – a non-Muslim living in Muslim lands<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Expressions from Court Records<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

nam kimesne, n\u00e2m kimesneler – follows the name of the first party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

mahzar\u0131nda or muv\u00e2cehesinde – Literally “in the womb,” meaning both parties are in court at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00e2zat etti\u011fi, \u00e2zat etti\u011fini – Frees, freed. Literally “favored.” “Ali Bey b. Karaca\u2019n\u0131n \u00c7erkez as\u0131ll\u0131 c\u00e2riyesini vasiyetle \u00e2zat etti\u011fi” = “Ali Bey b. Karaca verily freed his \u00c7erkez-born slave.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

merh\u00fbm, merh\u00fbme – deceased<\/p>\n\n\n\n

mezb\u00fbr, mezb\u00fbre – said previously, the forenamed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

as\u0131ll\u0131 – born. “Frenk as\u0131ll\u0131” = “Frankish-born.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

hurre l-asl – freeborn<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nazy\u00fcr\u00fcr\u2019\u00fcn m\u00fclk-i mahz\u0131d\u0131r – “is the property of Nazy\u00fcr\u00fcr”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

m\u00fclk\u00fc – property<\/p>\n\n\n\n

http:\/\/www.islamansiklopedisi.info\/dia\/ayrmetin.php?idno=180447<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There’s plenty of data out there if you know what to put into Google… and if you speak Turkish. These are some of the words that unlock Google. ana – mother avrat – woman involved in immoral activities azadli – freed slave bikr-i b\u00e2li\u011fa – unmarried woman cariye – female slave\u2026<\/p>\n

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