English Explanatory Dictionary

ottoman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An upholstered sofa, without arms or a back, sometimes with a compartment for storing linen etc.
  2. A low stool or thick cushion used to rest the feet or as a seat.
  3. A fabric with a pronounced ribbed or corded effect, often made of silk or a mixture of cotton and silk-like yarns.
name
  1. Archaic form of Osman, the name borne by
  2. Osman I (d. 1323/4), founder of the Ottoman Empire.
  3. Osman II (1604–1622), sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1618 until his death.
  4. Osman III (1699–1757), sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1754 until his death.
noun
  1. A member of the Ottoman dynasty.
  2. A citizen of the Ottoman Empire.
  3. An ethnic Turk of the Ottoman Empire.
adj
  1. Of or relating to the Ottoman dynasty or the Ottoman Empire.
  2. Of or relating to the ethnic Turks of the Ottoman Empire.
name
  1. The Ottoman Turkish language.

Pronunciation

/ˈɑtəmən/ /ˈɒtəmən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-ottoman.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Ottoman.wav

Word forms

ottoman ottomans Otoman Othoman

Etymology

From Ottoman in the early 19th century; so named because reclining on a couch was associated with Middle Eastern customs.

Synonyms

footstool hassock pouffe tuffet tumpty Osman Osmanid Osmanli Ottomanid Osmanian Ottomanian Osmanic Ottomanic

Related words

chesago Ottonian

Derived words

ottomanlike Ottomanian Ottomanic Ottomanid Ottomanism Ottomanist neo-Ottoman ottoman Ottoman Empire Ottomanick Ottomanization Ottomanize Ottomanness Ottoman Turkish

Translations

French: Ottoman Middle French: Ottoman German: Ottomanus Italian: Ottomano Latin: Ottomanus Russian: Оттома́н Turkish: Osman Ottoman Turkish: عثمان Arabic: عُثْمَانِيّ Arabic: عُثْمَانِيَّة Armenian: օսման Armenian: օսմանցի Azerbaijani: osmanlı Belarusian: асма́н Belarusian: асма́нка Bengali: ওসমানী Catalan: otomà Catalan: otomana Chinese Mandarin: 奧斯曼人 /奥斯曼人 Chinese Mandarin: 鄂圖曼人 /鄂图曼人 Crimean Tatar: osmanlı Danish: osman Danish: osmanner Dutch: Osmaan Finnish: ottomaani Finnish: osmani French: Ottoman French: Ottomane Gagauz: osmanlı Galician: otomán German: Osmane German: Osmanin Greek: Οθωμανός Greek: Οθωμανή Hindi: उस्मानी Hungarian: oszmán Irish: Otamánach Italian: osmanli Japanese: オスマン Japanese: オットマン Kazakh: османлы Korean: 오스만 Korean: 오토만 Kyrgyz: осмондук Ladino: otomano Macedonian: Османлија Norwegian Bokmål: osman Norwegian Nynorsk: osman Portuguese: otomano Portuguese: osmandi Romanian: osmanlâu Romanian: osmanlâi Russian: осма́н Russian: осма́нка Russian: оттома́н Russian: оттома́нка Serbo-Croatian: Османлија Serbo-Croatian: Турчин Serbo-Croatian: Osmanlija Serbo-Croatian: Turčin Spanish: otomano Spanish: osmanlí Swedish: osman Thai: ชาวออตโตมัน Turkish: Osmanlı Ottoman Turkish: عثمانلی Ukrainian: осма́н Ukrainian: осма́нка Albanian: osman Albanian: otoman Arabic: عُثْمَانِيّ Armenian: օսմանյան Armenian: օսմանական Bashkir: ғосманлы Belarusian: асма́нскі Bulgarian: осма́нски Bulgarian: отома́нски Burmese: အော့တမန် Catalan: otomà Chinese Mandarin: 奧斯曼 /奥斯曼 Chinese Mandarin: 鄂圖曼 /鄂图曼 Czech: osmanský Danish: osmannisk Dutch: Osmaans Finnish: ottomaanien Finnish: ottomaaninen French: ottoman
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