different between ottoman vs imaret

English

Etymology

From Ottoman in the early 19th century; so named because reclining on a couch was associated with Middle Eastern customs.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??t?m?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??t?m?n/
• Hyphenation: ot?to?man

Noun

ottoman (countable and uncountable, plural ottomans)

1. An upholstered sofa, without arms or a back, sometimes with a compartment for storing linen etc.
2. A low stool or thick cushion used to rest the feet or as a seat.
3. A fabric with a pronounced ribbed or corded effect, often made of silk or a mixture of cotton and silk-like yarns.

Synonyms

• (low furniture item to sit on or to place feet on): footstool, hassock, pouffe, tuffet, tumpty

Translations

See also

• chesago

Anagrams

• Mattoon

French

Adjective

ottoman (feminine singular ottomane, masculine plural ottomans, feminine plural ottomanes)

1. Ottoman

Derived terms

• Empire ottoman

Japanese

Romanization

ottoman

1. R?maji transcription of ?????

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French ottomane

Noun

ottoman m (definite singular ottomanen, indefinite plural ottomaner, definite plural ottomanene)

1. an ottoman (sofa without arms or backrest)
   • 2011, "Brødrene fra Iron House" by John Hart (translated by Christian Rugstad), Font Forlag AS ?ISBN [1]

2. synonym of osman

References

• “ottoman” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “ottoman_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French ottomane

Noun

ottoman m (definite singular ottomanen, indefinite plural ottomanar, definite plural ottomanane)

1. an ottoman (sofa without arms or backrest)
2. synonym of osman

References

• “ottoman” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Etymology

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Noun

imaret (plural imarets)

1. (historical or architecture) An Ottoman soup kitchen built between the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries, often part of a larger complex or waqf.
   • 1996, Aptulla Kuran, A Spatial Study of Three Ottoman Capitals: Bursa, Edirne, and Istanbul, Gülru Necipo?lu (editor), Muqarnas: An Annual on the Visual Culture of the Islam World, Volume XIII, Harvard University, page 118,

     Ytldtnm Bayezid had located his imaret in the opposite direction, some two kilometers to the east of the city. Mehmed I chose a site closer to the center, between the imarets of Orhan Gazi and Ytldtnm Bayezid.

   • 2000, John Freely, The Companion Guide to Istanbul and Around the Marmara, page 383,

     It was originally built as a zaviye, or hostel, for members of the Ahi Brotherhood of Virtue; later it became an imaret, serving free food to the poor of Iznik.

   • 2006, T. Byram Karasu, Of God and Madness, page 217,

     He lived in an elegant stone house, a part of the Imaret of Haseki Sultan.

Translations

Anagrams

• AIRMET, Martie, mariet, matier, mirate