ottoman

The Ottoman Empire was named for its founder Osman, whose name is Arabic ʿUthmān; Europeans called the dynasty Ottoman, and a low cushioned seat in the 'Turkish' style became an ottoman — in French, German, Polish, Italian and as the Russian sofa ottomanka.

Weakest linkProbable

The road to English

From Ottoman Turkish to Turkish

From Arabic to Persian

From Italian to Spanish

From French to German

From French to Russian

From French to Polish

From French to Italian

From English to American English

650 CEArabic

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