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)
- (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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