Etymology

odalisque

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Today it means: A female slave in a harem, especially one in the Ottoman seraglio. Full definition →

French odalisque ← Ottoman Turkish اوطهلق
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  1. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromاوطهلق“chambermaid”
  2. French · borrowed fromodalisque
  3. English todayodalisque

Borrowed from French odalisque, from Ottoman Turkish اوطهلق (odalık, “chambermaid”), from اوده (oda, “room”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.