Ottoman Empire: Glossary |
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Terms
Devlet-i Âliye-i Osmaniyye = Sublime Ottoman State |
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| Halife = Caliph | |
| Osmanlı Devleti = Ottoman State | |
| Osmanlı Imparatorluğu = Ottoman Empire | |
| Padışah = Padishah | |
Nicknames of the Rulers (lakapları)
Adlî = the Judicious |
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| Avcı = the Hunter | |
| Bahtî = the Fortunate (used as a pen-name) | |
| Bedros = (derogatory) "the Armenian" (from the common Armenian name Petros) | |
| Cihandar = Lord of the World | |
| Deli = (derogatory) the Insane | |
| Ebulfeth = Father of the Conquest | |
| Eğri-fatihi = the Conqueror of Eger (Hungarian town) | |
| Fatih = the Conqueror | |
| Fatih-i Bağdad = the Conqueror of Baghdad | |
| Gazi = Ghāzī, Warrior for the Faith | |
| Genç = the Young | |
| İlhami = the Inspired | |
| Kanbur = ? | |
| Kanlı = (derogatory) the Bloody | |
| Kanuni = the Lawgiver | |
| Mest = (derogatory) the Drunkard | |
| Muhteşem = the Magnificent | |
| Sahib-ul Aşeret-el Kamilet = the Tenth (literally, Lord of the Tenth Perfection?) | |
| Sahib-i Kiran = the Fortunate (literally, Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction) | |
| Sarhoş = (derogatory) the Drunkard | |
| Sarı = the Fair-Haired (literally, the Yellow One) | |
| Sığır = (derogatory) the Ox | |
| Sofu = the Pious | |
| Şehit = the Martyr | |
| Veli = the Saint | |
| Yavuz = the Grim | |
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