| Ulema |
: |
the doctors of Muslim canon
law. |
| Usta |
: |
a master in a craft guild or
the bureaucracy. |
| Vakfiye |
: |
the deed of endowment of a
vakif |
| Vakif |
: |
a grant of land or other source
of revenue given in mortmain for pious purposes |
| Valide Sultan |
: |
the mother of the reigning
Sultan |
| Vezir |
: |
a minister of the Sultan and
member of the imperial court |
| Voynik |
: |
a slav warrior in Ottoman service
|
| Yasa |
: |
a code of laws in ancient Turkish
tradition |
| Yürük |
: |
a Turkish nomad in Anatolia |
| Zaviye |
: |
a dervish hospice |
| Zeamet |
: |
a military fief, with an annual
value of twenty to one hunderd thousand akçes. |
