Associations to the word «Imaret»

Wiktionary

IMARET, noun. (historical or architecture) An Ottoman soup kitchen built between the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries, often part of a larger complex or waqf.

Dictionary definition

IMARET, noun. A hostel for pilgrims in Turkey.

Wise words

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