C19: from Turkish: will, desire, from Arabic irādah
irade in American English
(Turkish iˈʀɑːde)
noun
a decree of a Muslim ruler
Word origin
[1880–85; ‹ Turk ‹ Ar irādah will, wish]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: highball, impressionism, irredentist, quotation mark, regionalism