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Definition of Selamlik
1. the portion of a Turkish house reserved for men [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Selamlik
Literary usage of Selamlik
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Turk and His Lost Provinces: Greece, Bulgaria, Servia, Bosnia by William Eleroy Curtis (1903)
"... Mohammedan Sabbath —occurs the selamlik, the one occasion on which the public
may see the Sultan, although at a great distance for most of them. ..."
2. Diary of an Idle Woman in Constantinople by Frances Elliot (1893)
"On this occasion, being the feast of Bairam, the selamlik was much grander than
on ordinary occasions. ..."
3. Letters from Constantinople by G. A. M. (Georgina Adelaide Müller) (1897)
"IV THE selamlik WE had not been more than a few days at Constantinople, when our
Ambassador told us that he had received a message from the Sultan that he ..."
4. Turkey and the Turks: An Account of the Lands, the Peoples, and the by Will Seymour Monroe (1908)
"... administration — Education of the harem women — Occupations and amusements —
The Sultan's sons — Fast of Ramazan — Feast of the Bairam — The selamlik. ..."
5. In the Palaces of the Sultan by Anna Bowman Dodd (1903)
"Chapter III THE selamlik —FROM THE PALACE OF YILDIZ KIOSK THE ceremony of the
selamlik, we were to find, was an early one. At precisely high- noon the ..."
6. The Mediterranean and Its Borderlands by Joel Cook (1910)
"... Palace— The Bazaars—Abdul Hamid II—Mohammed V—The Yildiz Kiosk—The selamlik—The
Cemeteries—The Cypress. THE DARDANELLES. From the northern extremity of ..."
7. The Mediterranean and Its Borderlands by Joel Cook (1910)
"... Palace— The Bazaars—Abdul Hamid II—Mohammed V—The Yildiz Kiosk—The selamlik—The
Cemeteries—The Cypress. THE DARDANELLES. From the northern extremity of ..."
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