seraglio

English - Turkish

Definition of seraglio in English Turkish dictionary

harem dairesi

saray

{i} sultan sarayı

the Seraglio Topkapı Sarayı

{i} harem

Related Terms

Seraglio Point

(Tarih) Sarayburnu

The Topkapi Palace stands on a promontory called Seraglio Point, at the eastern end of Old City of Istanbul.

point of seraglio

Sarayburnu

English - English

Definition of seraglio in English English dictionary

The sequestered living quarters used by wives and concubines in a Turkish Muslim household

The palace of the Grand Seignior in Constantinople

At these words he started up, and beheld—not his Sophia—no, nor a Circassian maid richly and elegantly attired for the grand Signior's seraglio.

An interior cage or enclosed courtyard for keeping wild beasts

A brothel or place of debauchery

{n} a house kept for women of pleasure

An inclosure; a place of separation

In it are also kept the females of the harem

living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household

The palace of the Grand Seignior, or Turkish sultan, at Constantinople, inhabited by the sultan himself, and all the officers and dependents of his court

{i} harem, part of a Muslim house inhabited by the wives and concubines; Turkish palace

A harem; a place for keeping wives or concubines; sometimes, loosely, a place of licentious pleasure; a house of debauchery

Related Terms

seraglios

plural of seraglio

Turkish - English

Definition of seraglio in Turkish English dictionary

Related Terms

harem dairesi harem, haram, hareem, harim, seraglio

the quarters occupied by the harem

Hyphenation

se·ragl·io

Etymology

() Latin serra: a bar for closing doors, through Italian serai: to shut An Italian variant of Persian "saray" (سرای) , meaning "palace", "enclosed courts".