Ottoman

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Ot·to·man

adj \ˈä-tə-mən\

Definition of OTTOMAN

: of or relating to the Ottoman Empire or its citizens

Origin of OTTOMAN

French, adjective & noun, probably from Italian ottomano, from Arabic ʽothmānī, from ʽOthmān Osman I, founder of the Ottoman Empire
First Known Use: 1603

Other Anthropology Terms

ectomorph, ethnography, prehistory, yurt

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