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mahya.

Mahya lights (decorative lights strung up between the minarets of Turkish mosques to form illuminated words or pictures on festive occasions such as the month of Ramadan)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmah.ja/
  1. Mahya lights (decorative lights strung up between the minarets of Turkish mosques to form illuminated words or pictures on festive occasions such as the month of Ramadan)

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ماهیه (mahiyye, “monthly (pay or allowance)”), pseudo-Arabism from Persian ماه (māh / mâh, “month”) + Arabic ـِيَّة (-iyya).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.