Osman
adj, name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Synonym of Ottoman (“member of the Ottoman dynasty”).
"[…] the Osmans were the most enduring of all the dynastic families."
- 2 Synonym of Ottoman (“citizen of the Ottoman Empire”).
"Soliman […] fetched over from the Asiatic shores 3,000 Osmans […]"
- 1 Synonym of Ottoman. not-comparable
"[…] the Osman dynasty […]"
- 1 A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Osmond, rare in English.
- 2 A male given name from Ottoman Turkish [in turn from Arabic], notably borne by:; Osman I (d. 1323/4), founder of the Ottoman Empire.
- 3 A surname originating as a patronymic, variant of Osmond, notably borne by:; Charles J. Osman (1851–1922), Canadian businessman and politician
- 4 A male given name from Ottoman Turkish [in turn from Arabic], notably borne by:; Osman II (1604–1622), sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1618 until his death.
- 5 A surname originating as a patronymic, variant of Osmond, notably borne by:; Arthur Arnold Osman (1893–1972), British nephrologist
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- 6 A male given name from Ottoman Turkish [in turn from Arabic], notably borne by:; Osman III (1699–1757), sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1754 until his death.
- 7 A male given name from Iranian Persian
- 8 A surname.
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More examples"Ironically, one of these Turks would become the sultan Osman I, who founded the Ottoman Empire in 1299 and reduced the role of the caliphs exclusively to the religious plane."
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English, from Old Norse Ásmundr, from áss (“a god”) + mund (“protection, hand”).
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عثمان (Osman) or Iranian Persian عُثْمان (osmân), from Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān). Widely used as an anglicization of cognate names across the Islamic world, including Somali Cismaan.
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