English Explanatory Dictionary

eyalet

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A former administrative division or province of the Ottoman Empire.

Word forms

eyalet eyalets

Etymology

Etymology tree Arabic إِيَالَة (ʔiyāla)bor. Ottoman Turkish ایالتbor. English eyalet Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ایالت, borrowed from Arabic إِيَالَة (ʔiyāla).

Synonyms

vilayet
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