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Topic: What does Ottoman mean? Posted: 11-Mar-2006 at 00:16 |
I wonder why Europeans call them Ottomans. The right expression is Osman, Otto is a german name.
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azimuth
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Posted: 11-Mar-2006 at 03:04 |
well the correct pronounciation is Uthman. "" "th" as in "Earth"
Uthman or othman was the name of the founder of the Ottoman empire.
i guess since European werent able to pronounce Uthman the pronounced it ottoman.
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Posted: 11-Mar-2006 at 03:06 |
I can say it for Italians ...
I guess it was the difficult for Italians to pronounce correctly Othman that originated the Italian "Ottomani". Curiously in Italian "ottomani" means literally "eight hands"
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Posted: 11-Mar-2006 at 03:15 |
Originally posted by azimuth
well the correct pronounciation is Uthman. "" "th" as in "Earth"
Uthman or othman was the name of the founder of the Ottoman empire.
i guess since European werent able to pronounce Uthman the pronounced it ottoman.
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The Garzanti Dictionary of Italian Language on-line (http://www.garzantilinguistica.it/interna_ita.html) says that "ottomano" derives from the Arabic 'othmani .
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Turkoglu
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Posted: 11-Mar-2006 at 06:18 |
in Turkish it's Osmanli
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Posted: 11-Mar-2006 at 07:16 |
Azimoth the Turkish pronounciation of Uthman is Osman. Although as you quite correctly stated its true form is Uthman.
Osmanli Devleti = The state of Osman
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Posted: 11-Mar-2006 at 10:52 |
Originally posted by azimuth
well the correct pronounciation is Uthman. "" "th" as in "Earth"
Uthman or othman was the name of the founder of the Ottoman empire.
i guess since European werent able to pronounce Uthman the pronounced it ottoman. |
Well in Arabic, it is Uthman, true, but in Turkish, it passed as "Osman"...I believe Europeans just made a conversion of Osman to Otto and said Ottoman
It is Osmanl in Turkish, which is the same meaning with Ottoman(State of Osman,the founder of the empire),so the only difference is how Europeans call the name "Osman"
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Posted: 11-Mar-2006 at 14:35 |
In Polish it is not 'Ottoman' but 'Osman'.
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Posted: 11-Mar-2006 at 14:44 |
Most probably, because polish people had much relation with arabs. So they used turkish type of word. Osman.
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Posted: 11-Mar-2006 at 16:15 |
I think they word passed fro mGreek to other European languages. In greek its Οθωμανοι- O-tho-man-oi . Many western europeans cannot pronounce "th" or simply avoid it.so it turned to "t". Its most probable that it passed from Greeks,because they first came in contact with Ottomans and Turks in general,and they migrated (many scholars among them) to the west after the fall of the Empire.
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Posted: 11-Mar-2006 at 16:32 |
in German its also called Osmanisch
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Posted: 11-Mar-2006 at 20:37 |
Originally posted by Temujin
in German its also called Osmanisch |
yeah, here in belgium is it similar "osmaanse rijk" but they also say "Ottomaanse rijk".
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Posted: 11-Mar-2006 at 22:20 |
Greeks say οθωμανική αυτοκρατορ ία (othomaniki autokratia) for Ottoman Empire. Othoman seems closer to Uthman, being ottomano the Italian version, otomano the Castilian and Portuguese one, otom the Catalan one and ottoman the French and (capitalized) English ones.
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Posted: 20-Mar-2006 at 16:17 |
Ottoman in western countries is a bastardized word for Osmanli in Turkish and it relates to Osman Bey the founder of the Osmanli Imperial Dynasty in 1299.
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Posted: 27-Mar-2006 at 16:04 |
In Albanian, the term popularized today is otoman but many use a different Osman. I always believed it from a certain tribe...
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Posted: 28-Mar-2006 at 10:50 |
Name of that tribe is "Kay". But I am not sure, If we should call themself as builders of ottoman empire, It had only 400 house.
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Posted: 01-Apr-2006 at 21:56 |
Now Im rather interested.
The character of Osman must be heavily steeped in myth and tradition. But is there any real info on him? Also, what are some mytholical tales? Is he historically well established or does it have a Romulus ring to it?
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Posted: 01-Apr-2006 at 22:58 |
Is there any thread on the Kayi, i hear of them they came over in 400 tents whatever that measuremnet actaully means in head count. was it Osman that drowned crossing a river?
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Posted: 02-Apr-2006 at 07:49 |
I found an essay on Ertugrul Bey, the father of Osman. It has some info on the Kayi tribe:
http://www.byegm.gov.tr/yayinlarimiz/NEWSPOT/2002/may-jun/n7 .htm
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Posted: 02-Apr-2006 at 09:55 |
kotumeyil your always helpful.
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