haseki
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ottoman Turkish خاصكی (hasseki, haseki), from Classical Persian خاصگی (xāssagī, xāsagī).
Noun
edithaseki (plural hasekis)
- (historical) The chief consort of an Ottoman sultan; later, any of several consorts of the sultan.
- 2016, Şefika Şule Erçetin, Women Leaders in Chaotic Environments, page 76:
- Hasekis had the strongest status in the hierarchy following sultanas according to the amount of their salaries and they took place in this status in harem.
Anagrams
editTurkish
editEtymology
editInherited from Ottoman Turkish خاصكی (hasseki, haseki, “(formerly) one of a body of sergeants-at-arms, sixty of whom formed the body guard of the Sultan; their officers that filled important public offices”),[1][2] from Classical Persian خاصگی (xāssagī, xāsagī, “the favorite of the ruler”), from Arabic خَاصّ (ḵāṣṣ, “special, particular, specific”).[3]
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithaseki (definite accusative hasekiyi, plural hasekiler)
- A title in the Ottoman Empire given to those who became a senior in a particular office.
- Lower rank officers in the Bostanji regiment.
- A favorite chosen from among the female slaves to the Ottoman palace.
Declension
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Nominative | haseki | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | hasekiyi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | haseki | hasekiler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | hasekiyi | hasekileri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | hasekiye | hasekilere | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | hasekide | hasekilerde | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | hasekiden | hasekilerden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | hasekinin | hasekilerin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خاصكی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 821
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “خاصكی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 527
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “haseki”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
edit- “haseki”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “hasekî”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1886
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