Ottoman

See also ottoman

English

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Etymology

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.

Noun

Ottoman (plural Ottomans)

1. A Turk from the period of Ottoman Empire.

Translations

Turk from the period of Ottoman Empire

• Armenian: օսման (hy) (ōsman) , օսմանցի (hy) (ōsmancʿi) 
• Finnish: ottomaani (fi), osmani (fi)
• German: Osmane (de) m

• Hungarian: oszmán (hu)
• Russian: оттоман (ru) (ottoman)

Adjective

Ottoman (not comparable)

1. Of the Islamic empire of Turkey.

Translations

of the Islamic empire of Turkey

• Armenian: օսմանյան (hy) (òsmanyan) , օսմանական (hy) (ōsmanakan) 
• Finnish: ottomaanien (fi), osmanien (fi) (genitives of noun); ottomaaninen (fi)
• German: osmanisch (de)
• Hungarian: oszmán (hu)
• Indonesian: Usmaniyah (id)

• Javanese: Usmaniyah (jv)
• Polish: osmański (pl) m
• Russian: османский (ru) (osmánskij) m , оттоманский (ru) (ottománskij) m 
• Slovene: otománski (sl)
• Turkish: Osmanlı (tr)

Derived terms

• Ottoman Empire

See also

• not to be confused with: Ottonian