Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A Turk, especially a member of the family or tribe of Osman I.
- adj. Of or relating to the Ottoman Empire or its people, language, or culture.
- adj. Turkish.
Wiktionary
- n. A Turk from the period of Ottoman Empire.
- adj. Of the Islamic empire of Turkey.
Etymologies
- From Middle French Ottoman, from post-classical Latin Ottomanus, from Arabic personal name عثمان (‘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, Osmanic Empire, or Osmanian Empire, after Osman I. (Wiktionary)
- French, from Italian ottomano, from Arabic 'uṯmānī, of Uthman, from 'uṯmān, Osman I. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“A core Ottoman leadership still exists, though they don’t publicly use the term Ottoman to describe themselves.”
“I had a trace memory of the name Ottoman Empire, but beyond that my Middle Eastern education didn’t extend beyond seeing Peter O’Toole play Lawrence of Arabia.”
“It was 500 years in Ottoman Empire, and Serbs believe that it will be again part of Serbia.”
“They were perfectly willing to remain Ottoman subjects, let alone be “colonialists” (which nowadays is nothing more than a label to apply to people you deem worthy of ethnic cleansing or murder).”
“Passionate Armenian-Americans have lobbied to label Ottoman actions as genocide for decades.”
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“Albert Isaac "Buzz" Bezzerides, born in Ottoman Turkey to an Armenian mother and Greek father, grew up in Fresno in the same era as author William Saroyan ....”
“In the opinion of Yehoshua Porath, an impeccably pro-Zionist scholar, European influence stimulated population growth in Ottoman Palestine mainly by reducing infant mortality.”
“During my trip to Turkey, as well as visiting mosques, churches and museums, I was fascinated to observe what a melting pot of cultures the country still is (in Ottoman times Istanbul was a great trading hub where east met west.)”
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“The Didmoticho and Signora synagogues shared a distinct architectural and decorative style; their interiors were organized in a central plan, where four columns define the center of the hall, a scheme known as Ottoman style.”
“In the most revealing passage of Tales From the Garbage Hills the squatters are told "about a certain 'Ottoman Empire' ... that where they now lived there had once been an empire of this name.”
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