Osmanli

[ oz-man-lee, os- ]

/ ɒzˈmæn li, ɒs- /

noun, plural Os·man·lis.

an Ottoman.

the language of the Ottoman Turks.

adjective

Ottoman.

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Examples from the Web for osmanli

A contest for supremacy followed, which eventually ended in favour of the Osmanli Turks of Brusa.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7|Various
To this branch belonged Osman, the son of Ortoghrul, and father of the Osmanli.
The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races|Arthur, comte de Gobineau
The tombs of the first Osmanli princes, Osman and Orchan, are here, restored after an earthquake.
The Story of My Life, volumes 4-6|Augustus J. C. Hare
He bewailed the discords which severed the tribes, and made them an easy prey to the Osmanli.
Discoveries among the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon|Austen H. Layard

The Osmanli sultans were forced to raise the boldest of their battalions among the Christians of the north of Greece.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.|Various

British Dictionary definitions for osmanli

Osmanli

/ (ɒzˈmænlɪ) /

adjective

of or relating to the Ottoman Empire

noun

plural -lis (formerly) a subject of the Ottoman Empire

the Turkish language, esp as written in Arabic letters under the Ottoman Empire

Word Origin for Osmanli

C19: from Turkish, from Osman I

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Word Origin and History for osmanli

Osmanli

"an Ottoman Turk," 1813, from Turkish Osmanli "of or pertaining to Osman," founder of the Ottoman dynasty (he reigned 1259-1326); his name is the Turkish pronunciation of Arabic Uthman. This is the native word where English generally uses Ottoman.