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eyalet

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A former administrative division or province of the Ottoman Empire.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: vilayet

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Arabic إِيَالَة (ʔiyāla)bor. Ottoman Turkish ایالتbor. English eyalet Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ایالت, borrowed from Arabic إِيَالَة (ʔiyāla).

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: إِيَالَة (ʔiyāla) — (historical) a former administrative division or province of the Ottoman Empire
  • Azerbaijani: əyalət — (historical) a former administrative division or province of the Ottoman Empire
  • Bengali: এয়ালেত (eẏalet) — (historical) a former administrative division or province of the Ottoman Empire
  • Bulgarian: еяле́т (ejalét) — (historical) a former administrative division or province of the Ottoman Empire
  • Finnish: eyalet — (historical) a former administrative division or province of the Ottoman Empire
  • French: eyalet — (historical) a former administrative division or province of the Ottoman Empire
  • German: Ejalet — (historical) a former administrative division or province of the Ottoman Empire
  • Greek: εγιαλέτι (egialéti) — (historical) a former administrative division or province of the Ottoman Empire
  • Hindi: इयालत (iyālat) — (historical) a former administrative division or province of the Ottoman Empire
  • Indonesian: eyalet — (historical) a former administrative division or province of the Ottoman Empire
  • Northern Kurdish: eyalet — (historical) a former administrative division or province of the Ottoman Empire
  • Macedonian: ејалет (ejalet) — (historical) a former administrative division or province of the Ottoman Empire
  • Malay: eyalet — (historical) a former administrative division or province of the Ottoman Empire
  • Pashto: ایالت (iyālat) — (historical) a former administrative division or province of the Ottoman Empire
  • Persian: اِیَالَت (iyālat) — (historical) a former administrative division or province of the Ottoman Empire
  • Iranian Persian: اِیالَت (iyâlat) — (historical) a former administrative division or province of the Ottoman Empire
  • Polish: ejalet — (historical) a former administrative division or province of the Ottoman Empire
  • Portuguese: eialete — (historical) a former administrative division or province of the Ottoman Empire
  • Russian: эяле́т (ejalét) — (historical) a former administrative division or province of the Ottoman Empire
  • Spanish: eyalato — (historical) a former administrative division or province of the Ottoman Empire
  • Tatar: әяләт (äyälät) — (historical) a former administrative division or province of the Ottoman Empire
  • Turkish: eyalet — (historical) a former administrative division or province of the Ottoman Empire
  • Ottoman Turkish: ایالت (eyâlet) — (historical) a former administrative division or province of the Ottoman Empire
  • Ukrainian: еяле́т (ejalét) — (historical) a former administrative division or province of the Ottoman Empire
  • Urdu: اِیالَت (iyālat) — (historical) a former administrative division or province of the Ottoman Empire