In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
SYLLABARY
syllabary, syllabic script
(noun) a writing system whose characters represent syllables
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
From Neo-Latin syllabārium, from syllaba
Noun
syllabary (plural syllabaries)
(orthography) A table or list of syllabic letters or syllables
(orthography) A writing system where each character represents a complete syllable
Hyponyms: alphasyllabary, abugida
Source: Wiktionary
Syl"la*ba*ry, n.
Definition: A table of syllables; more especially, a table of the indivisible syllabic symbols used in certain languages, as the Japanese and Cherokee, instead of letters. S. W. Williams.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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