selamlik
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of selamlik
First recorded in 1890–95, selamlik is from the Turkish word selamlιk
Example Sentences
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I helped to carry her down through the selamlik to the street at the back of the house.
From The Secret Witness by George Gibbs
The building was in two parts, entirely separating the selamlik from the haremlik.
From It Happened in Egypt by C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson
The harem is not the whole palace, and even in the modern East the selamlik, or public part of the house, is very differently arranged from the rooms set apart for the women.
From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Sir Walter Armstrong
Excited as Yeva was at her share in the affair, her fingers were nimble, and she buckled the straps quickly, then turning fled into the selamlik and unlocked the door.
From The Secret Witness by George Gibbs
The hall of banquets comes so, between them, and the hall is two stories tall, and across the top of that, from the selamlik to the harem, runs that little secret passage.
From The Palace of Darkened Windows by Edmund Frederick
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