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Definition of Osmanli in English:
Osmanli
adjective
datedRelating to the Ottoman empire or to the Turkish dynasty of Osman I (Othman I).
‘Among the many revolts in Bosnia against the bureaucratic rule of the Osmanli Turks that of 1830-31 under Hussein Aga deserves mention of the revolts in Herzegovina that of 1875.’- ‘Under the leadership of the Osmanli Turks, Islam launched two subsequent attempts to conquer Europe - in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.’
- ‘The history of rise and decay repeated itself after the Osmanli Turks appeared on the scene.’
- ‘The Ottomans or Osmanlis established themselves in north-western Anatolia, expanding at the expense of Byzantium and the Italian trading colonies of the Aegean shores.’
- ‘Of the ten local emirates, or kingdoms, that arose in Turkish Anatolia after the Seljuq's disintegration, one quickly came to pre-eminence: that of Osman, who ruled in northwestern Anatolia and founded the Osmanli or Ottoman dynasty.’
Pronunciation
nounplural noun Osmanli, plural noun Osmanlis
datedA Turk, especially of the period of the Ottoman empire.
Pronunciation
Origin
Turkish, from the name Osman, from Arabic ‘uṯmān ‘Othman’ + the adjectival suffix -li see Osman I.
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