Etymology

haseki

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Today it means: The chief consort of an Ottoman sultan; later, any of several consorts of the sultan. Full definition →

Ottoman Turkish خاصكی ← Classical Persian خاصگی
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  1. Classical Persian · derived fromخاصگی
  2. Ottoman Turkish · borrowed fromخاصكی
  3. English todayhaseki

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خاصكی (hasseki, haseki), from Classical Persian خاصگی (xāssagī, xāsagī).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.