haremlik

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish haremlik [1]

Noun

haremlik (plural haremliks)

  1. A harem.
    • 2014, Gilbert Bonifas, ‎Martine Monacelli, Southern Horrors: Northern Visions of the Mediterranean World (page 8)
      Byron, who mocked the institution of the haremlik in Don Juan, saw little to distinguish the horrors of Muslim treatment of women from those of the Christian moral centaurdom of marriage.

References

  1. ^ "haremlik." Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Merriam-Webster. 2002.

Turkish

Noun

haremlik

  1. A harem.

Declension

Singular Plural
nominative haremlik haremlikler
accusative haremliği haremlikleri
dative haremliğe haremliklere
locative haremlikte haremliklerde
ablative haremlikten haremliklerden
genitive haremliğin haremliklerin