Ottoman Empire

English thumb|The growth of the Ottoman Empire from 1481 to 1683 Alternative forms en Othman Empire obsolete Etymology en Ottoman adjective [from en Ottoman Osman, from en frm Ottoman Osman, from en it Ottomano Osman, from en ota عثمان osman, from en ar عُثْمَان male given name] + en empire Empire. Over the centuries the Ottoman Empire existed, it was commonly referred to as en Turkey. Pronunciation en /ˈɒtəmən ˈɛmpaɪə/ RP en /ˈɑtəmən ˈɛmpaɪɹ/ GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Eleanorrrrrrrrrr-Ottoman Empire.wav Southern England Proper noun 1 Ottoman Empire en Q12560en historical en A large <<former>> Turkish <<empire>> which began as a sultanate centered in modern Turkey and at its height ruled over much of <<r/Southeastern Europe,West Asia,North Africa>>; founded in the late 13th century, it lasted until the 1920s a large <<former>> Turkish <<empire>> centered in modern Turkey that ruled over much of <<r/Southeastern Europe,West Asia,North Africa>> from 1299 to 1922 History of Turkey. en Osman Empire Osmanian Empire Osmanic Empire Osmanli Empire Ottomanian Empire sick man of Europe archaic Sublime Ottoman State formal Turkey informal en 1979 Lord Kinross The Ottoman Centuries: the Rise and Fall of the Turkish Empire 616 Under their fluctuating rule an Ottoman Empire was indeed to survive, with varying fortunes, for a further three and a half centuries. But it was an empire in the continual throes of a decline which, despite periods of respite and glimpses of momentary recovery, was to prove irreversible. 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." en 2001 Selçuk Akşin Somel The modernization of public education in the Ottoman Empire, 1839-1908 198 Most of the textbooks consider the period of Murad III (1574-1595) and particularly the murder of the Grand Vizier Sokullu Mehmed Pasha in 1579 as the beginning of the internal decay of the Ottoman Empire. The debacle of Vienna in 1683 the following defeats in the hands of the Holy League and the subsequent Treaty of Karlowitz in 1699 are mostly dealt with in a relatively detailed way, [...] en 2002 Dominic Lieven Empire: The Russian Empire and Its Rivals 130 This was a factor in one of the major long-term weaknesses of the Ottoman Empire, namely the relatively small size of its Turkish population, which limited its ability to colonize conquered regions. [...] In no meaningful sense was Anatolia the empire's metropolis. This might seem strange to Europeans, who are and always were much inclined to use the words Ottoman and Turkish interchangeably when describing the empire. Translations Turkish empire Afrikaans: af Ottomaanse Ryk Albanian: sq Perandoria Osmane f definite Arabic: ar الدَّوْلَةُ الْعُثْمَانِيَّةُ f definite Armenian: hy Օսմանյան կայսրություն Azerbaijani: az Osmanlı İmperiyası, az Osmanlı Dövləti Basque: eu Otomandar Inperioa Belarusian: be Асма́нская імпе́рыя f, be Асма́нская iмпэ́рыя f Bengali: bn অটোমান সাম্রাজ্য, bn ওসমানী সাম্রাজ্য ōśmani śamrajjo Breton: br Impalaeriezh otoman Bulgarian: bg Осма́нска импе́рия f Burmese: my အော်တိုမန်အင်ပါယာ Catalan: ca Imperi otomà m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 奧斯曼帝國 Àosīmàn Dìguó Crimean Tatar: crh Osmanlı Devleti Czech: cs Otomanská říše f, cs Osmanská říše f Danish: da Osmanniske Rige n, da Osmannerriget n definite Dutch: nl Ottomaanse Rijk n, nl Osmaanse Rijk n Esperanto: eo Otomana Imperio Estonian: et Osmanite riik, et Osmanite impeerium, et Ottomani impeerium Finnish: fi Osmanien valtakunta, fi Ottomaanien valtakunta French: fr Empire ottoman m Gagauz: gag Osmanlı İmperiyası, gag Osmanlı Devleti Galician: gl Imperio Otomán m Georgian: ka ოსმალეთის იმპერია German: de Osmanisches Reich n, de Ottomanisches Reich n dated Greek: el Οθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία f Hebrew: he האימפריה העות׳מאנית f ha-imperyá ha-otamanít Hindi: hi उस्मानी साम्राज्य m, hi ऑटोमन साम्राज्य m Hungarian: hu Oszmán Birodalom Icelandic: is Tyrkjaveldi n, is Ottómanveldið n, is Ósmanska ríkið n Ido: io Otoman imperio Indonesian: id Kesultanan Utsmaniyah Irish: ga Impireacht Otamánach f Italian: it Impero ottomano m Japanese: ja オスマン帝国 オスマンていこく, Osuman Teikoku Kazakh: kk Османлы Империясы Khmer: km ចក្រភពអូតូម៉ង់ Korean: ko 오스만 제국 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Împeratoriya Osmanî Kyrgyz: ky Осмон империясы Ladino: Hebrew: lad אימפירייו אוטומאנו m Latin: lad Imperio Otomano m Lao: lo ຈັກກະວັດໂອສະມັນ Latvian: lv Osmaņu impērija f Lithuanian: lt Osmanų imperija f Macedonian: mk Отоманско Царство n, mk Османлиско Царство n, mk Турска Империја f, mk Турско Царство n, mk Отоманска Империја f Malay: ms Empayar Uthmaniyah Marathi: mr ओस्मानी साम्राज्य, mr ऑटोमन साम्राज्य n Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Османы эзэнт гүрэн Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Det osmanske rike n definite, nb Det ottomanske rike n definite, nb Osmanerriket n definite Nynorsk: nn Det osmanske riket n definite, nn Det ottomanske riket n definite Pashto: ps عثمانې ټولواکمني f 'usmāni ṭolwākmaní Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira اِمْپِراتوریِ عُثْمَانی, fa-ira عُثْمَانی Polish: pl Imperium Osmańskie n Portuguese: pt Império Otomano m Romanian: ro Imperiul Otoman n definite Russian: ru Осма́нская импе́рия f, ru Оттома́нская импе́рия f Samogitian: sgs Uosmanu imperėjė Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Османско царство n Latin: sh Osmansko carstvo n Sindhi: sd سلطنت عثمانيہ Slovak: sk Osmanská ríša f Slovene: sl Osmansko cesarstvo n Spanish: es Imperio otomano m Swedish: sv Osmanska riket n definite Tatar: tt Госман империясе Thai: th จักรวรรดิออตโตมัน Turkish: tr Osmanlı İmparatorluğu, tr Osmanlı Devleti Ottoman Turkish: ota دولت علیه عثمانیه devlet-i ʿaliyye-i ʿosmâniyye, ota ممالك محروسه شاهانه memalik-i mahruse-i şahane Turkmen: tk Osman imperiýasy Ukrainian: uk Осма́нська імпе́рія f Urdu: ur سَلْطَنَت عُثْمَانِیَہ f Uyghur: ug ئوسمان ئىمپېرىيىسى Uzbek: uz Usmonli Davlati, uz Usmonli Imperiyasi Vietnamese: vi Đế quốc Ô-xman, vi Đế quốc Ôt-tôman (vi 帝國屋蘇曼) Yiddish: yi אָטאָמאַנישע אימפּעריע f Zazaki: zza İmparatorina Osmanıcan Southern Zazaki Further reading en eponyms en Ottoman Empire