pashalik

[ puh-shah-lik, -shaw- ]

/ pəˈʃɑ lɪk, -ˈʃɔ- /

noun

the territory governed by a pasha.

Nearby words

pase, paseo, pash, pash rash, pasha, pashalik, pashka, pashm, pashmina, pashto, pasig

Also pachalic, pa·sha·lic.

Origin of pashalik

1735–45; < Turkish, equivalent to paşa pasha + -lιk suffix of appurtenance

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Examples from the Web for pashalik

You may rest assured that there is not a province of the empire better governed than the pashalik of Silistria.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846|Various
Roused by his cries, the military and body guard of the pashalik rushed in, and the whole house was in an uproar.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks|Bracebridge Hemyng
Khair-ed-Din Barbarossa captured the city in 1520 and annexed it to his Algerian pashalik.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1|Various

British Dictionary definitions for pashalik

pashalik

pashalic

/ (ˈpɑːʃəlɪk) /

noun

the province or jurisdiction of a pasha

Word Origin for pashalik

C18: from Turkish

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