English words from Ottoman Turkish
- ScandaroonA swindler.
- selictarThe swordbearer of a Turkish chief; a member of a Turkish cavalry corps.
- sipahiAn Algerian cavalryman in the French army.
- softaA religious student, especially in Turkey
- StamboulSynonym of Istanbul (a city in Turkey).
- TanzimatA period of modernizing reform in the Ottoman Empire that began in 1839 and ended with the First Constitutional Era in 1876.
- TerekemeSynonym of Karapapakh.
- turbehA small mausoleum built over the grave of a high-ranking or holy Muslim, especially under the Ottomans.
- TurkmanSynonym of Turkmen.
- vilayetA province, particularly (historical) the first-level administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire.
- yataghanA type of sword used in Muslim countries from the mid-16th to late 19th centuries.
- yufkaA thin, round, unleavened flatbread in Turkish cuisine.
- zarfAn ornamental container designed to hold a coffee cup or teacup and insulate it from the hand of the drinker.