Ottoman
WordNet

adjective


(1)   Of or relating to the Ottoman Empire or its people or its culture

noun


(2)   A low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person
(3)   Thick cushion used as a seat
(4)   The Turkish dynasty that ruled the Ottoman Empire from the 13th century to its dissolution after World War I
(5)   A Turk (especially a Turk who is a member of the tribe of Osman I)
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Etymology


From Middle Ottoman, from post-classical Ottomanus, from personal name (‘uthmān). Osman is the Turkish spelling of the male Arabic given name Uthman, therefore the Ottoman Empire is sometimes referred to as the Osman Empire, after Osman I.

Proper noun


  1. An Islamic clan occupying present Turkey until 1924.
  2. A Turk
 
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