Meaning

noun a Turk (especially a Turk who is a member of the tribe of Osman I)

noun the Turkish dynasty that ruled the Ottoman Empire from the 13th century to its dissolution after World War I

noun thick cushion used as a seat

origin16th-century depiction of Otomano P[rim]o (Osman I) by Paolo Veronese Etymology tree Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān)bor. Italian Ottomanobor. Middle French Ottomanbor. English Ottoman Borrowed from Middle French Ottoman (“Osman”), borrowed from Italian Ottomano, borrowed from Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān). Doublet of Osman and Uthman.

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