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Piaster :: Piaster (n.) A silver coin of Spain and various other countries. See Peso. The Spanish piaster (commonly called peso, or peso duro) is of about the value of the American dollar. The Italian piaster, or scudo, was worth from 80 to 100 cents. The Turkish and Egyptian piasters are now worth about four and a half cents..

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..

Kussier :: Kussier (n.) (Mus.) A Turkish instrument of music, with a hollow body covered with skin, over which five strings are stretched..

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

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

Oke :: Oke (n.) A Turkish and Egyptian weight, equal to about 2/ pounds..

Chekmak :: Chekmak (n.) A turkish fabric of silk and cotton, with gold thread interwoven..

Palanka :: Palanka (n.) A camp permanently intrenched, attached to Turkish frontier fortresses..

Bashaw :: Bashaw (n.) A Turkish title of honor, now written pasha. See Pasha..

Kurd :: Kurd (n.) A native or inhabitant of a mountainous region of Western Asia belonging to the Turkish and Persian monarchies.

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

Kadiaster :: Kadiaster (n.) A Turkish judge. See Cadi.

Anglo- :: Anglo- () A combining form meaning the same as English; or English and, or English conjoined with; as, Anglo-Turkish treaty, Anglo-German, Anglo-Irish..

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

Pacha :: Pacha () The chief admiral of the Turkish fleet.

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

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..

Turkism :: Turkism (n.) Same as Turcism.

Turkish :: Turkish (n.) The language spoken by Turks, esp. that of the people of Turkey..

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

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