Middle Ottoman

proper noun

A register of the Ottoman Turkish language typical to the time from 1501–1800 and later a chosen register, particularly seen as exclusive to an educated elite, as marked by complex syntax (lacking punctuation) and largely Persianized and Arabicized vocabulary and sentence structure.

Similar
Classical Ottoman Turkish
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Middle Ottoman Turkish

  1. A register of the Ottoman Turkish language typical to the time from 1501–1800 and later a chosen register, particularly seen as exclusive to an educated elite, as marked by complex syntax (lacking punctuation) and largely Persianized and Arabicized vocabulary and sentence structure.

    Synonyms: Classical Ottoman Turkish

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA register of the Ottoman Turkish language typical to the time from 1501–1800 and later a chosen register, particularly seen as exclusive to an educated elite, as marked by complex syntax (lacking punctuation) and largely Persianized and Arabicized vocabulary and sentence structure.

Similar
Classical Ottoman Turkish

Translations

Finnish klassinen osmaninturkki
  • klassinen osmaninturkkithe Turkish language in the middle period of the Ottoman Empire, of many lexical and syntactic borrowings
German Mittelosmanisch, klassisch Osmanisch-Türkisch
  • Mittelosmanischthe Turkish language in the middle period of the Ottoman Empire, of many lexical and syntactic borrowings
  • klassisch Osmanisch-Türkischthe Turkish language in the middle period of the Ottoman Empire, of many lexical and syntactic borrowings
Hindi मध्य उस्मानी
  • मध्य उस्मानी (madhya usmānī)the Turkish language in the middle period of the Ottoman Empire, of many lexical and syntactic borrowings
Swedish medelosmanska
  • medelosmanskathe Turkish language in the middle period of the Ottoman Empire, of many lexical and syntactic borrowings
Turkish Klasik Osmanlıca, Klâsik Osmanlıca
  • Klasik Osmanlıcathe Turkish language in the middle period of the Ottoman Empire, of many lexical and syntactic borrowings
  • Klâsik Osmanlıcathe Turkish language in the middle period of the Ottoman Empire, of many lexical and syntactic borrowings
  • Orta Osmanlıcathe Turkish language in the middle period of the Ottoman Empire, of many lexical and syntactic borrowings
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APA

Middle Ottoman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Middle%20Ottoman

MLA

“Middle Ottoman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Middle%20Ottoman. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Middle Ottoman,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Middle%20Ottoman.

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