haremlik

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish haremlik [1]

Noun

haremlik (plural haremliks)

  1. A harem.
    • 2014, Gilbert Bonifas, Martine Monacelli, Southern Horrors: Northern Visions of the Mediterranean World, page 8:
      Byron, who mocked the institution of the haremlik in Don Juan, saw little to distinguish the horrors of Muslim treatment of women from those of the Christian moral centaurdom of marriage.

References

  1. ^ "haremlik." Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Merriam-Webster. 2002.

Turkish

Etymology

    By surface analysis, harem + -lik.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ha.ɾemˈlic/
    • Hyphenation: ha‧rem‧lik

    Noun

    haremlik (definite accusative haremliği, plural haremlikler)

    1. harem (the private section of a Muslim household forbidden for male adult strangers)
    2. abstract noun of harem; the state of being harem

    Declension

    Declension of haremlik
    singular plural
    nominative haremlik haremlikler
    definite accusative haremliği haremlikleri
    dative haremliğe haremliklere
    locative haremlikte haremliklerde
    ablative haremlikten haremliklerden
    genitive haremliğin haremliklerin

    Adjective

    haremlik

    1. What belongs to the harem

    Further reading

    • “haremlik”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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