Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An irrevocable order or decree of the Sultan of Turkey, written with special formality and bearing his personal sign-manual or flourish. See extract under firman. Also called hatti-humayun.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A irrevocable Turkish decree countersigned by the sultan.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A irrevocable Turkish decree countersigned by the sultan.

Etymologies

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Turkish, from Arabic, meaning "noble writing".

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