Seljoukian

English

Etymology

From Seljouk +‎ -ian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛlˈd͡ʒukiən/
• Rhymes: -ukiən

Adjective

Seljoukian (not comparable)

1. (historical) Obsolete form of Seljukian, of or related to Seljuk, his dynasty, their empire, or their period of rule.
   • 1854, J. Cumming, "Signs of the Times: The Moslem and His End, the Christian and His Hope", "The Ottoman Empire", The Church of England Quarterly Review..., Vol. XXXVI (New Ser. Vol. II), p. 189:

     The power of the Seljoukian empire arose with the decline of the caliphate of Bagdat, and with that of the Byzantine empire.

Noun

Seljoukian (plural Seljoukians)

1. (historical) Obsolete form of Seljukian, a member of the Seljuk dynasty or person of their empire.
   • 1836 April & July, Michaud & al., "Correspondence d'Orient, 1830 et 1831", The Foreign Quarterly Review, Vol. XVII, No. 33, p. 184:

     Was it not under the dynasties of the Seljoukians and Karasmians that the literature of Persia both arose, and her poetry and philosophy reached the highest pitch of glory ever arrived at in that country?