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noun
In the Ottoman Empire, an edict countersigned by the sultan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Broader terms: firman
History
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خطِ شریف (hatt-ı şerif, “noble writing”), from Arabic خَطّ (ḵaṭṭ, “writing”) + شَرِيف (šarīf, “noble, sharif”).
