avania
Meanings
noun
- A tax or fee imposed on foreigners under the Ottoman Empire, especially one considered to be irregular or extortionate.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Italian avania, from Byzantine Greek ἀβανία (abanía, cfr. modern Greek αβανιά (avaniá) “defamation, slander”), possibly from Arabic خَوَّان (ḵawwān, “unreliable, treacherous”).
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