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A female slave or concubine in the harem of the Turkish sultan. [Written also odahlic, odalisk, and odalik.] Not of those that men desire, sleek Odalisques, or oracles of mode. Tennyson.

A Turkish and Egyptian weight, equal to about 2

A Turkish official; one of the dominant tribe of Turks; loosely, any Turk.

A camp permanently intrenched, attached to Turkish frontier fortresses.

A piece of Turkish money, usually copper, the fortieth part of a piaster, or about one ninth of a cent.

al happiness in a future state; future misery or eternal death. The mere perdition of the Turkish fleet. Shak. If we reject the truth, we seal our own perdition. J. M. Mason.

A quarter of Constantinople which, after the Turkish conquest of the city, became the chief Greek quarter; hence, the Greek officials of Turkey, or phanariots, as a class.

One of the Greeks of Constantinople who after the Turkish conquest became powerful in clerical and other offices under Turkish patronage.

f the American dollar. The Italian piaster, or scudo, was worth from 80 to 100 cents. The Turkish and Egyptian piasters are now worth about four and a half cents.

A Turkish cloth measure, varying from 18 to 28 inches.

The Ottoman court; the government of the Turkish empire, officially called the Sublime Porte, from the gate (port) of the sultan's palace at which justice was administered.

A plum; esp., a dried plum, used in cookery; as, French or Turkish prunes; California prunes. German prune (Bot.), a large dark purple plum, of oval shape, often one-sided. It is much used for preserving, either dried or in sirup. Prune tree. (Bot.) (a) A tree of the genus Prunus (P. domestica), which produces prunes.…

A reserve force in the Turkish army, or a soldier of the reserve. See Army organization, above.

A title formerly given to one of the chief Turkish officers of state. He was chancellor of the empire, etc.

anguages descended from Latin, but containing many words from other languages, as Slavic, Turkish, and Greek.

One who performs massage, especially in a Turkish bath.

A Turkish saint; a kind of dervish, regarded by the people as a saint: also, a hermit.

of Seljuk; an adherent of that family, or subject of its government; (pl.) the dynasty of Turkish sultans sprung from Seljuk.

The palace of the Grand Seignior, or Turkish sultan, at Constantinople, inhabited by the sultan himself, and all the officers and dependents of his court. In it are also kept the females of the harem.

A general or commander of land forces in the Turkish empire; especially, the commander-in-chief of minister of war.