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Osman

Syllables: Os·manUK/ˈɒzmən/

Osman proper noun: a male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Osmond, rare in English.

Proper noun (1)

Osman

  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Osmond, rare in English.
  2. Charles J. Osman (1851–1922), Canadian businessman and politician
  3. Arthur Arnold Osman (1893–1972), British nephrologist

Proper noun (2)

Osman

  1. Osman I (d. 1323/4), founder of the Ottoman Empire.
  2. Osman II (1604–1622), sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1618 until his death.
  3. Osman III (1699–1757), sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1754 until his death.
  4. A male given name from Iranian Persian
  5. A surname.

Noun

Osman (plural Osmans)

  1. Synonym of Ottoman (“member of the Ottoman dynasty”).
    • […] the Osmans were the most enduring of all the dynastic families.2004, Historical Atlas of Empires, page 142
    Synonyms:
    Ottoman
  2. Synonym of Ottoman (“citizen of the Ottoman Empire”).
    • Soliman […] fetched over from the Asiatic shores 3,000 Osmans […]1854, Survey, page 276
    Synonyms:
    Ottoman

Adjective

Osman (not comparable)

  1. Synonym of Ottoman.
    • […] the Osman dynasty […]1854, A. Schimmelfennig, The War Between Turkey and Russia: A Military Sketch, page 16
    • […] the Osman dynasty […]1877, The Rise and Decay of the Rule of Islam, page 199
    Synonyms:
    Ottoman

Osman meaning in Bengali and Persian

Osman in Bengali

male given name
ওসমান ōśoman

Osman in Persian

Translations
آزمن âzman

Synonyms of Osman

Forms of Osman

Proper noun
alternative transliterationOsmân
alternative transliterationʿOs̱mân
alternative form (archaic)Ottoman
alternative form (archaic)Otoman
alternative form (archaic)Othoman
alternative form (archaic)Oosman
Noun
pluralOsmans

Origin of Osman

Inherited from Middle English, from Old Norse Ásmundr, from áss (“a god”) + mund (“protection, hand”).

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عثمان (osmân), from Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān). Doublet of Uthman and Ottoman. Widely used as an anglicization of cognate names across the Islamic world, including Somali Cismaan, Persian عثمان (usmān /osmân), Malay Usman, and even Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān) itself.

Words formed from Osman

Questions about Osman

What does Osman mean?
Osman means a male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Osmond, rare in English.
What is Osman in Bengali?
Osman in Bengali is ওসমান (ōśoman). See Osman meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is Osman?
Osman can be a proper noun, a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce Osman?
Osman is pronounced /ˈɒzmən/ (UK).

Words near Osman in the dictionary

  1. Osloites
  2. Oslovian
  3. Oslovians
  4. OSLT
  5. osm
  6. Osman
  7. Osman Empire
  8. Osmanabad
  9. Osmanagic
  10. Osmanian
  11. Osmanian Empire

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