Ottoman

Meanings

Noun

• A Turk from the period of Ottoman Empire.

Adjective

• Of the Ottoman Empire.
• Turkish

Origin

• From Middle French Ottoman, from Medieval Latin Ottomanus, from Ottoman Turkish عثمان, from the Arabic personal name عُثْمَان. Osman is the Turkish spelling of the male Arabic given name Uthman, therefore the Ottoman Empire is sometimes referred to as the Osman Empire, Osmanic Empire, or Osmanian Empire, after Osman I.