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adj
Of or relating to the Ottoman dynasty or the Ottoman Empire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: Osman, Osmanian, Osmanic, Osmanid, Osmanli, Ottomanian, Ottomanic, Ottomanid
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Of or relating to the Ottoman dynasty or the Ottoman Empire.
Of or relating to the ethnic Turks of the Ottoman Empire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: Osman, Osmanian, Osmanic, Osmanid, Osmanli, Ottomanian, Ottomanic, Ottomanid
Antonyms: none provided
name
Archaic form of Osman, the name borne by
Osman I (d. 1323/4), founder of the Ottoman Empire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Archaic form of Osman, the name borne by
Osman II (1604–1622), sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1618 until his death.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Archaic form of Osman, the name borne by
Osman III (1699–1757), sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1754 until his death.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
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name
The Ottoman Turkish language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
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noun
An upholstered sofa, without arms or a back, sometimes with a compartment for storing linen etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: furniture, lifestyle
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A low stool or thick cushion used to rest the feet or as a seat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: furniture, lifestyle
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Synonyms: footstool, hassock, pouffe, tuffet, tumpty
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A fabric with a pronounced ribbed or corded effect, often made of silk or a mixture of cotton and silk-like yarns.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A member of the Ottoman dynasty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: Osman, Osmanid, Osmanli, Ottomanid
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A citizen of the Ottoman Empire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: Osman, Osmanian, Osmanli, Ottomanian
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A citizen of the Ottoman Empire.
An ethnic Turk of the Ottoman Empire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: Osman, Osmanian, Osmanli, Ottomanian
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
of or relating to the Ottoman Empire or its people or its culture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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noun
a low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: footstool, footrest, tuffet
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stool
noun
thick cushion used as a seat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pouf, pouffe, puff, hassock
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: seat
noun
the Turkish dynasty that ruled the Ottoman Empire from the 13th century to its dissolution after World War I
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Ottoman dynasty
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dynasty
noun
a Turk (especially a Turk who is a member of the tribe of Osman I)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Ottoman Turk, Osmanli
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Turk
History
Etymology tree Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān)bor. Italian Ottomanobor. Middle French Ottomanbor. English Ottoman Borrowed from Middle French Ottoman (“Osman”), borrowed from Italian Ottomano, borrowed from Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān). Doublet of Osman and Uthman.
Ellipsis of Ottoman Turkish.
From Ottoman in the early 19th century; so named because reclining on a couch was associated with Middle Eastern customs.
Across languages
214 source translations are retained for this English entry.
