English Explanatory Dictionary

Middle Ottoman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A register of the Ottoman Turkish language typical to the time from 1501–1800 and later a chosen register, particularly seen as exclusive to an educated elite, as marked by complex syntax (lacking punctuation) and largely Persianized and Arabicized vocabulary and sentence structure.

Word forms

Middle Ottoman Middle Ottoman Turkish

Synonyms

Classical Ottoman Turkish
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