مرابحه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مُرَابَحَة‎ (murābaḥa, “usury”).

Noun

مرابحه • (murabaha)

usury, an exorbitant rate of interest, in excess of any legal rates
usury, the practice of lending money at such rates

Derived terms

مرابحه‌جی‎ (murabahacı, “usurer”)

Descendants

Turkish: murabaha

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “murabaha”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3308
Kélékian, Diran (1911), “مرابحه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1143
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “مرابحه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1797

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