اوطه‌لق

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Ottoman Turkish

اوطه‌لق

Alternative forms

Etymology

From اوطه (oda, room, chamber) +‎ لق (lık).

Noun

اوطه‌لق (odalık)

  1. handmaid, chambermaid
  2. woman, baggage (like German Frauenzimmer)
  3. odalisque, a female slave adduced by her owner as a concubine

Descendants

References

  • Braun-Wiesbaden, Karl (1876) Eine türkische Reise (in German), volume 2, Stuttgart: Verlag von August Auerbach, page 85
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اوطه‌لق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 256
  • Zenker, Julius Theodor (1866) “اوطه‌لق”, in Türkisch-arabisch-persisches Handwörterbuch, volume 1 (overall work in German and French), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 115