müstemleke

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مستملکه (müstemleke, colony), from Arabic مُسْتَمْلَكَة (mustamlaka, literally being taken possession of or dominated), probably following a word like أَرْض f (ʔarḍ, earth), from the root م ل ك (m-l-k) related to kingdoms and possession. Compare مَلَكَ (malaka).

Noun

müstemleke (definite accusative müstemlekeyi, plural müstemlekeler)

  1. (archaic) colony (governmental unit or settlement)

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “müstemleke”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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