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 secret place or chamber · a grave, tomb, or mausoleum · the inmost recesses
çekim: çoğul adyta · tamlayan adytī
eş: sānctum sānctōrum
köken: From the Ancient Greek ἄδῠτον (ádŭton, “innermost sanctuary”, “shrine”), a substantivisation of the neuter forms of the adjective ἄδῠτος (ádŭtos, “not to be entered”).