müstemleke

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مستملکه (müstemleke, “colony”), from Arabic مُسْتَمْلَكَة (mustamlaka, literally “being taken possession of or dominated”), probably following a word like أَرْض f (ʔarḍ, “earth”), from the root م ل ك (m-l-k) related to kingdoms and possession. Compare مَلَكَ (malaka).

Noun

müstemleke (definite accusative müstemlekeyi, plural müstemlekeler)

1. (archaic) colony (governmental unit or settlement)

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “müstemleke”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN