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odalık
Ottoman Turkish · medieval
"a chambermaid in a harem"
literally "chambermaid", from "oda" (room)
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odalisque
French · 1700s
"a harem woman, a subject of Orientalist art"
romanticized in European art and literature about the Ottoman court
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odalisque
English · 1800s
"a woman in a harem, especially in art"
adopted directly from French
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