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Seraglio :: Seraglio (n.) The palace of the Grand Seignior, or Turkish sultan, at Constantinople, inhabited by the sultan himself, and all the officers and dependents of his court. In it are also kept the females of the harem..

Cadilesker :: Cadilesker (n.) A chief judge in the Turkish empire, so named originally because his jurisdiction extended to the cases of soldiers, who are now tried only by their own officers..

Odalisque :: Odalisque (n.) A female slave or concubine in the harem of the Turkish sultan.

Caravel :: Caravel (n.) A Turkish man-of-war.

Chibouk :: Chibouk (n.) A Turkish pipe, usually with a mouthpiece of amber, a stem, four or five feet long and not pliant, of some valuable wood, and a bowl of baked clay..

Bey :: Bey (n.) A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions; also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg; as, the bey of Tunis..

Turkis :: Turkis (n.) Turquois.

Santon :: Santon (n.) A Turkish saint; a kind of dervish, regarded by the people as a saint: also, a hermit..

Para :: Para (n.) A piece of Turkish money, usually copper, the fortieth part of a piaster, or about one ninth of a cent..

Sheriat :: Sheriat (n.) The sacred law of the Turkish empire.

Waywode :: Waywode (n.) Originally, the title of a military commander in various Slavonic countries; afterwards applied to governors of towns or provinces. It was assumed for a time by the rulers of Moldavia and Wallachia, who were afterwards called hospodars, and has also been given to some inferior Turkish officers..

Turkish :: Turkish (a.) Of or pertaining to Turkey or the Turks.

Turcism :: Turcism (n.) A mode of speech peculiar to the Turks; a Turkish idiom or expression; also, in general, a Turkish mode or custom..

Dervis :: Dervis (n.) A Turkish or Persian monk, especially one who professes extreme poverty and leads an austere life..

Horsetail :: Horsetail (n.) A Turkish standard, denoting rank..

Effendi :: Effendi (n.) Master; sir; -- a title of a Turkish state official and man of learning, especially one learned in the law..

Alizarin :: Alizarin (n.) A coloring principle, C14H6O2(OH)2, found in madder, and now produced artificially from anthracene. It produces the Turkish reds..

Janizary :: "Janizary (n.) A soldier of a privileged military class, which formed the nucleus of the Turkish infantry, but was suppressed in 1826..

Asper :: Asper (n.) A Turkish money of account (formerly a coin), of little value; the 120th part of a piaster..

Crotalo :: Crotalo (n.) A Turkish musical instrument.

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