Tanzimat

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proper noun

A period of modernizing reform in the Ottoman Empire that began in 1839 and ended with the First Constitutional Era in 1876.

OriginOttoman Turkish تنظيمات →
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Meanings

proper nounthe Tanzimat
  1. historicalA period of modernizing reform in the Ottoman Empire that began in 1839 and ended with the First Constitutional Era in 1876.

Origin

  1. Ottoman Turkishتنظيمات“reorganization”
  2. EnglishTanzimat

From Ottoman Turkish تنظيمات (“reorganization”), from Arabic.

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APA

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

MLA

“Tanzimat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tanzimat. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tanzimat,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tanzimat.

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