adjective
noun
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(formerly) a subject of the Ottoman Empire
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the Turkish language, esp as written in Arabic letters under the Ottoman Empire
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Etymology
Origin of Osmanli
C19: from Turkish, from Osman I
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The hoofs of the fast-moving Osmanli cavalry first sounded on the European shores of the Dardanelles in 1354.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sinan-Reis, the implacable be-turbaned old Osmanli, held him in bitter scorn.
From Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean by E. Hamilton Currey
Then hearing that I was a Dervish and doctor,—he must be an Osmanli Voltairian, that little Turk,—the official snorted a contemptuous snort.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 by Charles Dudley Warner
To this branch belonged Osman, the son of Ortoghrul, and father of the Osmanli.
From The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
The Osmanli, whom we are accustomed to call Turks par excellence, and who form the ruling portion of the Turkish empire, must be traced to the same source.
From Lectures on The Science of Language by Max Müller
In 1453, under Mohammed the Conqueror, the Osmanlis took Constantinople and overran the Bal kans.
From Time Magazine Archive
The industrious Greek population thrives under the rule of the Osmanlis.
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
It is a vulgar error to suppose that the Osmanlis set out for Europe, in the spirit of Arab apostles, to force their creed and dominion on all the world.
From The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey by Nevill Forbes
What Constantinople means for the Osmanlis is implied in that name Roum by which the western dominions of the Turks have been known ever since the Seljuks won Asia Minor.
From The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey by Nevill Forbes
Theology, including the Koran and commentators thereon, jurisprudence, medicine, ethics, and history, are the sciences chiefly cultivated by the Osmanlis.
From The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 by Various
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