# imaret

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. An Ottoman soup kitchen built between the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries, often part of a larger complex or waqf.

## Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish عمارت (ʼimaret), from Arabic عِمَارَة (ʕimāra).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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