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Otoman

Otoman proper noun: osman I (d. 1323/4), founder of the Ottoman Empire. Also the archaic form of Osman.

Proper noun

Otoman

  1. Osman I (d. 1323/4), founder of the Ottoman Empire.
    • […] Ortogules, ſonne to Oguzalpes, and father to Otoman the firſt of name of the Turkiſh nation […]1599, The Principal Nauigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoueries, page 490

Also used as

Otoman is also the archaic form of Osman.

Questions about Otoman

What does Otoman mean?
Otoman means osman I (d. 1323/4), founder of the Ottoman Empire.
What part of speech is Otoman?
Otoman is a proper noun.

Words near Otoman in the dictionary

  1. otologist
  2. otologists
  3. otology
  4. Otomaco
  5. Otomakoan
  6. Otoman
  7. otomandibular
  8. Otomanguean
  9. Otomangueanist
  10. Otomangueanists
  11. otomassage

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