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Osmanli
"an Ottoman Turk," 1813, from Turkish
Osmanli
"of or pertaining to
Osman
," founder of the Ottoman dynasty (he reigned 1259-1326); his name is the Turkish pronunciation of Arabic
Uthman
. This is the native word where English generally uses
Ottoman
.