In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
Turkmenistan, Turkomen, Turkmen, Turkmenia
(noun) a republic in Asia to the east of the Caspian Sea and to the south of Kazakhstan and to the north of Iran; an Asian soviet from 1925 to 1991
Source: WordNet® 3.1
7 May 2025
(noun) a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents; “he sent a runner over with the contract”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.