Ottoman Empire

== English == === Alternative forms === Othman Empire (obsolete) === Etymology === Ottoman (adjective) [from Ottoman (“Osman”), from Middle French Ottoman (“Osman”), from Italian Ottomano (“Osman”), from Ottoman Turkish عثمان (osman), from Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān, male given name)] + Empire. Over the centuries the Ottoman Empire existed, it was commonly referred to as Turkey. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒtəmən ˈɛmpaɪə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑtəmən ˈɛmpaɪɹ/ === Proper noun === the Ottoman Empire (historical) A large former Turkish empire which began as a sultanate centered in modern Turkey and at its height ruled over much of Southeast Europe, West Asia and North Africa; founded in the late 13th century, it lasted until the 1920s. Synonyms: Osman Empire, Osmanian Empire, Osmanic Empire, Osmanli Empire, Ottomanian Empire, (archaic) sick man of Europe, (formal) Sublime Ottoman State, (informal) Turkey 1997, Suraıya Faroqhı, Bruce McGowan, Donald Quataert, Şevket Pamuk, with Halil İnalcık as editor, An Economic and Social History of the Ottoman Empire: Volume Two, 1600-1914, page 470: It does not seem very convincing to view a major world empire, with the most modern arms at its disposal, as merely the helpless victim of circumstances beyond its control. Even less attractive are "stage theories," which assume that at a given point in time the Ottoman Empire, its economy included, passed from the stage of "florescence" into that of "decay." ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Ottoman Empire on Wikipedia.Wikipedia