English Explanatory Dictionary

haseki

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The chief consort of an Ottoman sultan; later, any of several consorts of the sultan.

Word forms

haseki hasekis

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خاصكی (hasseki, haseki), from Classical Persian خاصگی (xāssagī, xāsagī).

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