haremlik

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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