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Painting by Parmigianino
Turkish Slave (Italian: Schiava turca), also called Portrait of a Young Woman, is a painting by the Italian Mannerist artist Parmigianino. The painting
Turkish_Slave
remain to be calculated. Individual members of the Ottoman slave class, called a kul in Turkish, could achieve high status in some positions. Eunuch harem
Slavery_in_the_Ottoman_Empire
Slave-soldiers in the Islamic world
and the Caucasian peoples (Turkish: Kölemen). They fought in bands, and demanded high pay for their services. The idea of slave soldiers is sometimes projected
Ghilman
Female slave or concubine in an Ottoman seraglio
odalisque (Ottoman Turkish: اوطهلق, Turkish: odalık) was an enslaved chambermaid or a female house slave attendant in a Turkish seraglio, particularly
Odalisque
different regions; for instance, Turkish men were often utilized as slave soldiers in the Middle East, Tartars as household slaves in Italy, and Korean girls
Slave trade in the Mongol Empire
Slave_trade_in_the_Mongol_Empire
Name given to an enslaved person
cariye slave girls and concubines (sex slaves) were upon arrival customarily converted to Islam and given a new name, typically a Persian or Turkish name
Slave_name
Ottoman-backed Turkic invasions (1441–1774)
Tatars conducted one last significant raid and captured 20,000 slaves during the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774, which ended with the Ottomans' cession of
Crimean–Nogai slave raids in Eastern Europe
Crimean–Nogai_slave_raids_in_Eastern_Europe
Slavery of Turkic peoples in the Delhi Sultanate
Turkic slaves throughout the Islamic world, particularly in the Delhi Sultanate, were valued members of society. Their value, for their patrons, was their
Turkish slaves in the Delhi Sultanate
Turkish_slaves_in_the_Delhi_Sultanate
Barbary slave raids against Iceland
The Turkish Abductions (Icelandic: Tyrkjaránið [ˈtʰɪr̥caˌrauːnɪθ]) were a series of slave raids by pirates from Algier and Salé that took place in Iceland
Turkish_Abductions
Former slave
The Arabic term mamlūk literally means 'owned' or 'slave', and was used for the White Turkish slaves of Pagan origins, purchased from Central Asia and
Freedman
Ownership of people as property
economic history. Slavery typically involves compulsory work, with the slave's location of work and residence dictated by the party that holds them in
Slavery
Enslavement of people of European descent
White slavery (also white slave trade or white slave trafficking) refers to the enslavement of any of the world's European ethnic groups throughout human
White_slavery
the ambiguity of the term "Turkish slave": a Turkish slave may be a Turk or someone enslaved by a Turk. See Turkish Slave for yet another layer of confusion
Representation of slavery in European art
Representation_of_slavery_in_European_art
modern slaves in Turkey today. According to Walk Free, Turkey ranks 5th in the world and first in Europe and Central Asia in number of modern slaves. Slavery
Slavery_in_Turkey
Slave-soldiers and enslaved mercenaries in the Muslim world
meaning "slave") were non-Arab, ethnically diverse (mostly Turkic, Caucasian, Mongol, Eastern and Southeastern European) enslaved mercenaries, slave-soldiers
Mamluk
Concubine of Ottoman ruler Orhan (died c.1363)
Turkish). Retrieved 2024-05-08. www.akademya.biz. sicill-i.osmani (in Turkish). p. 32. "NİLÜFER HATUN İMARETİ". TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (in Turkish)
Nilüfer_Hatun
Non-elite-commoner-women slavery in Ottoman times
Avret Pazarları (Ottoman Turkish: عورة پازار, romanized: Avret Pazarları), or female slave bazaar, was a market of female slaves located in Istanbul, Ottoman
Avret_Pazarları
Slave trade between Africa and the West
The Atlantic slave trade or transatlantic slave trade involved the transportation by slave traders of enslaved African people to the Americas. This trade
Atlantic_slave_trade
1847 Ottoman Imperial decree
Istanbul Slave Market was an Imperial decree (firman; Turkish: ferman) issued by Sultan Abdülmecid I in 1847. The edict closed the public slave market in
Disestablishment of the Istanbul Slave Market
Disestablishment_of_the_Istanbul_Slave_Market
Turkic slave commander corps of the Delhi Sultanate
from slave traders. Traveler Ibn Battuta has related an account about Iltutmish sending merchants to Samarkand, Bukhara and Termez to purchase Turkish slaves
Corps_of_Forty
The Black Sea slave trade trafficked people across the Black Sea from Eastern Europe and the Caucasus to slavery in the Mediterranean and the Middle East
Black_Sea_slave_trade
Red Sea slave trade. The Venetian slave trade exported slaves to Egypt primarily via the now Balkan slave trade during this time period. Turkish and other
Slavery_in_Egypt
Historical relations between Kurds and Turks
Ayyub made the biggest purchase of Turkish slave soldiers out of any Ayyubid ruler, and his army officially had a Turkish majority. By 1246, the Khwarazmiyya
Kurdish–Turkish_relations
Ottoman slave class, called a kul in Turkish, could achieve high status. Harem guards and janissaries are some of the better-known positions a slave could
History_of_slavery
Former prevalent economic practice in the US
Slave breeding was the practice in slave states of the United States of slave owners systematically forcing slaves to have sexual relations and bear children
Slave breeding in the United States
Slave_breeding_in_the_United_States
c. 650–1930 CE slave trade
trans-Saharan slave trade was a Muslim slave trade across the Sahara, from the 7th century until the early-to-mid-20th century. Slaves, primarily from
Trans-Saharan_slave_trade
Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad (r. 1225–1226)
caliph al-Mustadi. Another of his concubines was Bab Jawhar. She was a Turkish slave who was also a favorite of al-Zahir. She died on 1 August 1241, and
Al-Zahir_bi-Amr_Allah
Slave trade in Bukhara until the 19th century
The Bukhara slave trade refers to the historical slave trade conducted in the city of Bukhara in Central Asia (present-day Uzbekistan) from antiquity until
Bukhara_slave_trade
Turkish historical fiction television series
Muhteşem Yüzyıl (Turkish pronunciation: [muhteˈʃem ˈjyzjɯl], lit. 'The Magnificent Century') is a Turkish historical drama series. Written by Meral Okay
Muhteşem_Yüzyıl
Slave markets in North Africa
The Barbary slave trade involved the capture of Europeans and selling them at slave markets in the largely independent Ottoman Barbary states of North
Barbary_slave_trade
9th-11th century enslavement of Slavic people between Central Europe and Islamic Iberia
The Prague slave trade refers to the slave trade conducted between the Duchy of Bohemia and the Caliphate of Córdoba in Moorish al-Andalus in roughly
Prague_slave_trade
The Balkan slave trade was the trade in slaves from the Balkans via Venetian slave traders across the Adriatic and Aegean Seas to Italy, Spain, and the
Balkan_slave_trade
Valide Hatun of the Ottoman Empire (1481–1492)
Hatun is portrayed by Turkish actress Şahika Koldemir. In the 2013 Turkish series Fatih, Gülbahar Hatun is portrayed by Turkish actress Seda Akman. In
Gülbahar Hatun (mother of Bayezid II)
Gülbahar_Hatun_(mother_of_Bayezid_II)
Haseki Sultan of Ottoman Empire
Hürrem Sultan (Turkish pronunciation: [hyɾˈɾæm suɫˈtan]; Ottoman Turkish: خرّم سلطان; c. 1505 – 15 April 1558), also known as Roxelana, was the chief
Hürrem_Sultan
Historical division of United States by legality of slavery
domestic slave trade were prohibited, while a slave state was one in which they were legal. Between 1812 and 1850, it was considered by the slave states
Slave_states_and_free_states
Ottoman term for female palace attendants
service to the monarch were called hünkâr kalfaları (Turkish for 'Imperial Kalfas'). The Hazinedar (Turkish for 'treasurer') were the high-ranking chamberlain
Kalfa
Elite infantry units and standing army of the Ottoman Empire (active 1363–1826)
enslavement, he would first be sent to selected Ottoman Turkish families in the provinces to learn Turkish, subjected to forced circumcision and forced conversion
Janissary
Compulsory enrollment into national or military service
The Arabic term mamlūk literally means 'owned' or 'slave', and was used for the White Turkish slaves of Pagan origins, purchased from Central Asia and
Conscription
Armed uprising by slaves
A slave rebellion is an armed uprising by slaves, as a way of fighting for their freedom. Rebellions of slaves have occurred in nearly all societies that
Slave_rebellion
medieval world. When the trans-Saharan slave trade, Red Sea slave trade, Indian Ocean slave trade and Atlantic slave trade (which started in the 16th century)
Slavery_in_Africa
Clause of the Constitution inflated slave states' political power, while the Fugitive Slave Clause provided that, if a slave escaped to another state, the other
Slavery_in_the_United_States
slave trade was most active in West Asia, North Africa (Trans-Saharan slave trade), and Southeast Africa (Red Sea slave trade and Indian Ocean slave trade)
History of slavery in the Muslim world
History_of_slavery_in_the_Muslim_world
A mosque was built in 1702 during the Order of St John for Turkish slaves within the Slaves' Prison of which neither ruins nor description of its architecture
Islam_in_Malta
Italian countess and letter writer (1513–1566)
led to the latter's being burned at the stake for heresy (in 1567). Turkish Slave Reston, James (2009). Defenders of the Faith: Charles V, Suleyman the
Giulia_Gonzaga
Ocean slave trade, sometimes known as the East African slave trade, involved the capture and transportation of predominantly sub-Saharan African slaves along
Indian_Ocean_slave_trade
Medieval Muslim Turkic dynasty and state (977–1186)
dynasty of Turkish slave origin which became culturally Persianised to a perceptibly higher degree than other contemporary dynasties of Turkish origin such
Ghaznavid_Empire
Privateers and pirates in North Africa
(commemorated as the Turkish Abductions). These included capturing Europeans and selling them at slave markets, known as the Barbary slave trade. While such
Barbary_corsairs
slaves who owned slaves. Although details varied, there were two broad cases: peculium slavery, and elite political slavery. A peculium was a slave's
Slave-owning_slaves
1571 naval battle of the Ottoman–Habsburg wars
being eventually killed and beheaded. The Christian galley slaves freed from the Turkish ships were supplied with arms and joined in the fighting, turning
Battle_of_Lepanto
Act of the United States Congress
The Fugitive Slave Act or Fugitive Slave Law was a statute passed by the 31st United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise
Fugitive_Slave_Act_of_1850
Azerbaijan and the Caucasus a came via the Kazars consisting of Turkish slaves, as well as non-Turkish peoples of the Caucasus and eastern Europeans such as the
Slavery_in_Iran
Harem of the Ottoman Sultan
new slave names that matched their physical appearance or personality. They were trained in court manners and activities and taught the Turkish language
Ottoman_Imperial_Harem
Turkish Empire (c. 1299–1922)
to Turkish speakers by the other Muslim peoples of the empire and beyond. In Western Europe, the names Ottoman Empire, Turkish Empire and Turkey were
Ottoman_Empire
Rulers of northern India (c. 1206–1290)
Qutb Minaret The Mamluk dynasty (lit. 'slave dynasty' - see mamluk), or the Mamluk Sultanate, is the historiographical name or umbrella term used to refer
Mamluk_dynasty_(Delhi)
First black pilot in history (Afro-Turk aviator)
as İzmirli Ali Ahmet (English: Ahmet Ali from İzmir), was a Turkish aviator of Afro-Turkish descent regarded as one of the first black pilots in history
Ahmet_Ali_Çelikten
slaves, although there are a few exceptions where Hebrew slaves are treated differently from non-Hebrew slaves. The laws include punishment for slave
Jewish_views_on_slavery
1985 film by J. Lee Thompson
German military expedition on the same quest, led by Colonel Bockner and Turkish slave-trader and adventurer Dogati, a long-standing adversary of Quatermain
King Solomon's Mines (1985 film)
King_Solomon's_Mines_(1985_film)
Presumed concubine of Sultan Ibrahim
1645/1646), also referred to as Zafira and by several other names, was a slave concubine in the Ottoman Imperial Harem who was a favourite of sultan Ibrahim
Zafire_Hatun
Slavery in Somalia existed as a part of the Indian Ocean and Red Sea slave trades. Habesha and Oromo peoples were captured and sold to foreign traders
Slavery_in_Somalia
indicate that after the city surrendered, 1,336 Turkish and Jewish inhabitants were taken as slaves and were divided between the various members of the
Slavery_in_Malta
Indian princess and radio presenter (1912–1979)
appeared on stage for the first time, when she played the role of a Turkish slave girl. At the onset of the Second World War, Devi sat the St John Ambulance
Indira_Devi_of_Kapurthala
low-skill slaves labored in the fields, mines, and mills with few opportunities for advancement and little chance of freedom. Skilled and educated slaves—including
Slavery_in_ancient_Rome
Medieval Icelandic scholar, poet, and alleged sorcerer
magic in 17th century Iceland. He was said to have turned around the Turkish slave ships from the coasts of Iceland more than once, an achievement which
Jón_lærði_Guðmundsson
Medieval Muslim empire (c. 1077–1231)
ISBN 978-92-3-103467-1. Mahm ̄ud and Masc ̄ud I of Ghazna had appointed Turkish slave commanders from their own army, Altuntash and his sons, as governors
Khwarazmian_Empire
Cargo ship carrying slaves onboard from Africa to the Americas
Slave ships were large cargo ships specially built or converted from the 17th to the 19th century for transporting slaves. Such ships were also known
Slave_ship
1820–1885 period in Sudanese history
takeover in the 1880s. Meaning both 'Turkish rule' and 'the period of Turkish rule', it designated rule by notionally Turkish-speaking elites or by those they
Turco-Egyptian_Sudan
Building in Álftanes, Iceland
highest-ranking officers and officials in Iceland. It resisted an attack by Turkish slave raiders in July 1627. In the late 18th century Bessastaðir was changed
Bessastaðir
Slavery existed in the Sultanate of Zanzibar until 1909. Slavery and slave trade existed in the Zanzibar Archipelago for at least a thousand years. During
Slavery_in_Zanzibar
Il-Khan
Chupanid Hasan Kucek interrupted their plans. Hasan Kucek claimed a Turkish slave of his father's deputy was in fact, his father Timurtash and arrived
Muhammad_Khan_(Ilkhan)
1724 novel by Daniel Defoe
During this time she is gifted a Turkish slave who teaches her the Turkish language and Turkish customs, and a Turkish dress which will become central
Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress
Roxana:_The_Fortunate_Mistress
Ethnic group in Cyprus
Infobox ethnic group is being considered for merging. › Turkish Cypriots or Cypriot Turks (Turkish: Kıbrıs Türkleri or Kıbrıslı Türkler; Greek: Τουρκοκύπριοι
Turkish_Cypriots
Emir of Egypt and Syria from 868 to 884
After al-Ma'mun returned to Baghdad in 819, these Turkish slaves were formed into a guard corps of slave soldiers (ghilman, sing. ghulam) entrusted to al-Ma'mun's
Ahmad_ibn_Tulun
Racial group
merging. › Afro-Turks (Turkish: Afrikalı Türkler) are Turkish people of African Zanj descent, who trace their origin to the Ottoman slave trade like the Afro-Abkhazians
Afro-Turks
People who tracked down escaped slaves in the United States
A slave catcher is a person employed to track down and return escaped slaves to their enslavers. The first slave catchers in the Americas were active in
Slave_catcher
Person enslaved or sentenced to row in a galley
A galley slave was a slave rowing in a galley, either a convicted criminal sentenced to work at the oar (French: galérien), or a kind of human chattel
Galley_slave
First Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1520 to 1534
Ayşe Hafsa Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: حفصه سلطان; 1478/1479 - 19 March 1534), was a concubine of Selim I and the mother of Suleiman the Magnificent. She
Hafsa_Sultan
Ottoman child levy and enslavement
II and the Turkish grand vizier Çandarlı Halil Pasha the Younger, who was the first grand vizier to be executed, there was a rise of slave administrators
Devshirme
Saint venerated in Eastern Orthodoxy
Russian Orthodox slave who is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Being a prisoner of war and a slave to a Turkish Ağa, he became famous
John_the_Russian
expresses the culture, civilisation, and values of the Turkish nation in the best way". According to Turkish state broadcaster TRT, it was also to avoid a pejorative
Name_of_Turkey
Slaves were one of the main goods traded in the Khazar Khaganate in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. The Khazar Khaganate was a buffer state between Europe
Khazar_slave_trade
Head of the eunuchs who guarded the imperial harem of the Ottoman sultans
(Ottoman Turkish: قيزلر اغاسی, Turkish: kızlar ağası, lit. '"agha of the girls"'), formally the Agha of the House of Felicity (Ottoman Turkish: دار السعاده
Kizlar_agha
Prostitution in Turkey is legal and regulated. The secularization of Turkish society allowed prostitution to achieve legal status during the early 20th
Prostitution_in_Turkey
Lady-in-waiting to Sultan Ibrahim
Şehsuvar Şekerpare Hatun (Ottoman Turkish: شکر پارہ خاتون, "intrepid heroine" and "sugar lump", died in 1649), previously known as Şehsuvar Usta, was
Şekerpare_Hatun
Concubine of Ottoman Sultan Bayezid II
normally concubines who came to the Ottoman Imperial harem via the Ottoman slave trade. Bülbül Hatun entered Bayezid's harem when he was still a prince and
Bülbül_Hatun
First wife of Abbas II, last Khedive of Egypt and Sudan (1876-1941)
well-known Turkish Jewish lawyer, authorising him to regain from usurpers buildings, lands, mines, concessions left by Abdul Hamid situated in Turkish territory
Ikbal_Hanim
The Volga Bulgarian slave trade took place in the Volga Bulgar Emirate in Central Asia (in modern Eastern Russia). Volga Bulgaria was a buffer state between
Volga_Bulgarian_slave_trade
Turkic ethnic group
› Turks (Turkish: Türkler), or the Turkish people, are the largest Turkic ethnic group, comprising the majority of the population of Turkey and Northern
Turkish_people
Ethnic group in the United Kingdom
› British Turks (Turkish: Britanyalı Türkler) or Turks in the United Kingdom (Turkish: Birleşik Krallık'taki Türkler) are Turkish people who have immigrated
British_Turks
Late 8th-century–1215 Iranian dynasty from Ghor, modern Afghanistan
minor branches of the family who were the offshoot of concubinage with Turkish slave girls whom chronicler Juzjani called "Kanizak-i-turki" established themselves
Ghurid_dynasty
Ethnic group of South Sudan
against invasion by Dinka, Azande (Zande), and numerous encounters with Turkish slave traders. In the past, it was a fashion among the Bari to undergo initiation
Bari_people
Byzantine emperor from 1282 to 1328
was said that so many prisoners were taken as to lower the price of a Turkish slave beneath even that of a sheep. Other Turks surrendered and formed a part
Andronikos_II_Palaiologos
Slavery with the intention of using the slaves for sex
white slave girls in the Middle East in the 1870s: "Their complexion are sallow, and none of them [sic] are even good looking. But the daily Turkish bath
Sexual_slavery
Military attack launched against a settlement
Slave raiding is a military raid for the purpose of capturing people and bringing them from the raid area to serve as slaves. Once a common part of warfare
Slave_raiding
Women's quarters in the traditional house of a Muslim family
as in the Persian and Turkish manner. People of all races lived in these two houses — the races of various beauty. The slaves were dressed in Swaihily
Harem
Icelandic woman abducted by Barbary pirates in 1627
Barbary pirates. These raids came to be known as the Turkish abductions. After being held as a slave and concubine for nearly a decade, she was one of a
Guðríður_Símonardóttir
English sailor and privateer (c. 1540–1596)
Indias in present-day Colombia. At Cartagena, Drake released one hundred Turkish slaves. On 6 June 1586, during the return leg of the voyage, he attacked the
Francis_Drake
Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Kösem Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: كسم سلطان; 1589 – 2 September 1651), also known as Mahpeyker Sultan (Ottoman Turkish: ماه پیكر;), was the Haseki Sultan
Kösem_Sultan
Subset of laws regarding chattel slavery and enslaved people
The slave codes were laws relating to slavery and enslaved people, specifically regarding the Atlantic slave trade and chattel slavery in the Americas
Slave_codes
1077–1260 Persianate Sunni Muslim dynasty of Turkic mamluk origin
Encyclopaedia Iranica (reference to Turkish scholar Kafesoğlu), v, p. 140, Online Edition: "The governors were often Turkish slave commanders of the Saljuqs; one
Anushtegin_dynasty
Ethnic group
that several factors: drought, inter-clan fights and fights with the Turkish slave raiders (which the indigenous people called Tukutuku), forced Lukai
Madi_people
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Female
Turkish
Turkish name YONCA means "clover."
Female
Turkish
Turkish name KELEBEK means "butterfly."
Female
Turkish
Turkish name ECE means "queen."
Female
Turkish
Turkish name ESIN means "inspiration."
Female
Turkish
Turkish name YAÄžMUR means "rain."
Female
Turkish
Turkish name GIZEM means "mystery."
Female
Turkish
Turkish name DILARA means "lover."
Female
Turkish
Turkish name HAZAN means "autumn."
Female
Turkish
Turkish name ELMAS means "diamond."
Female
Turkish
Turkish name FIDAN means "sapling."
Female
Turkish
Turkish name YILDIZ means "star."
Female
Turkish
Turkish name MÜGE means "lily."
Female
Turkish
Turkish name PEMBE means "pink."
Female
Turkish
Turkish name NERGIS means "daffodil."
Female
Turkish
Turkish name ESEN means "wind."
Female
Turkish
Turkish name IRMAK means "river."
Female
Turkish
Turkish name EMEL means "desire."
Female
Turkish
Turkish name HANDE means "smile."
Female
Turkish
Turkish name PINAR means "spring."
Female
Turkish
Turkish name EKIN means "harvest."
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Male
Hebrew
(רï‹×Ÿ) Hebrew unisex name RON means "joy, song." Compare with another form of Ron.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Cause, With a treasure, Receptacle
Boy/Male
Hindu
Pure
Boy/Male
Tamil
Suguresh | ஸà¯à®•à¯à®°à¯‡à®·Â
Boy/Male
Hebrew Biblical
Uncle.
Boy/Male
Indian
Unique, One in many
Girl/Female
Indian
Queen of Sheeba
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Swedish
Settlement; Town; Settlement by the Mill; From the Middle Town; Mill Settlement
Girl/Female
Hindu
Moonlight
Girl/Female
Biblical
A thorn.
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a.
To soil, or change the appearance of, especially by an alternation induced by the air, or by dust, or the like; to diminish, dull, or destroy the luster of; to sully; as, to tarnish a metal; to tarnish gilding; to tarnish the purity of color.
a.
To cause to shine; to make smooth and bright; to polish; specifically, to polish by rubbing with something hard and smooth; as, to burnish brass or paper.
n.
A large Turkish ship.
n.
A Turkish official; one of the dominant tribe of Turks; loosely, any Turk.
n.
A Turkish policeman.
a.
Of or pertaining to Turkey or the Turks.
n.
A Turkish musical instrument.
n.
The language spoken by Turks, esp. that of the people of Turkey.
n.
Turquois.
a.
Turkish.
n.
A thin film on the surface of a metal, usually due to a slight alteration of the original color; as, the steel tarnish in columbite.
n.
A Turkish standard, denoting rank.
v. i.
To lose luster; to become dull; as, gilding will tarnish in a foul air.
a.
Turkish.
n.
Same as Turcism.
v. t.
To offer for use; to provide (something); to give (something); to afford; as, to furnish food to the hungry: to furnish arms for defense.
v. t.
To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with provisions; to furnish one with arms for defense; to furnish a Cable; to furnish the mind with ideas; to furnish one with knowledge or principles; to furnish an expedition or enterprise, a room or a house.
a.
Turkish.
v. t.
To rub or scour to brightness; to clean; to burnish; as, to furbish a sword or spear.
n.
A mode of speech peculiar to the Turks; a Turkish idiom or expression; also, in general, a Turkish mode or custom.