Middle Ottoman

English

Alternative forms

  • Middle Ottoman Turkish

Proper noun

Middle Ottoman

  1. A register of the Ottoman Turkish language typical to the time from 1501–1800 and later a chosen register, particularly seen as exclusive to an educated elite, as marked by complex syntax (lacking punctuation) and largely Persianized and Arabicized vocabulary and sentence structure.

Synonyms

  • Classical Ottoman Turkish

Coordinate terms

  • Old Ottoman / Old Anatolian Turkish, New Ottoman

Translations

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