köken: From Old Church Slavonic олътарь (olŭtarĭ), ultimately from Latin altāre. Compare Romanian oltar, Russian алта́рь (altárʹ), dialectal волтарь (voltarʹ), Serbo-Croatian о̀лта̄р, Slovene oltár.
sanctuary (a consecrated area of a Catholic church around its tabernacle or altar) · ark (a decorated cabinet at the front of a synagogue, in which Torah scrolls are kept) · temple, shrine (a holy or sacred place dedicated to a specific deity)
A place where sacred objects are kept; sacrarium, sacristy, sanctuary, shrine. · A secret place (for private documents and/or valuable property)
çekim: çoğul sacrāria · tamlayan sacrāriī
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *sh₂krós Proto-Italic *sakros Old Latin sacros Latin sacer Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -ārius Latin -ārium Latin sacrārium From sacer (“sacred, holy”) + -ārium.