müstemleke

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مستملکه‎ (müstemleke, “colony”), from Arabic مُسْتَمْلَكَة‎ (mustamlaka, literally “being taken possession of or dominated”), probably following a word like أَرْض‎ f (ʔarḍ, “earth”), from the root م لك‎ (m-l-k) related to kingdoms and possession. Compare مَلَكَ‎ (malaka).

Noun

müstemleke (definite accusative müstemlekeyi, plural müstemlekeler)

  1. (archaic) colony (governmental unit or settlement)

References
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “müstemleke”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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