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1. imaret, n. View full entry 1613
...A hospice for the accommodation of pilgrims and travellers in Turkey....
2. Islam, n. View full entry 1613
...A Muslim. Now arch. and rare....
3. Khoja, n. View full entry 1625
...A professor or teacher in a Muslim school or college; a schoolmaster; a scribe, clerk....
4. mullah, n. View full entry 1613
...Chiefly in Turkish-, Persian-, and Urdu-speaking regions: a person who is learned in Islamic theology and law; a Muslim cleric. Freq. as a title....
5. † Mussulmanlik, n. View full entry 1625
...Islam; the religion of Muslims....
6. oda, n. View full entry 1625
...In the Ottoman Empire and Turkey: a room or chamber; spec. (now hist.) the barracks of the janissaries;a room in a harem; (also, in extended use)...
7. softa, n. View full entry 1613
...In Turkey, a Muslim theological student; also generally, a pupil engaged in professional studies at a secondary school....
8. t'ien, n. View full entry 1613
...In Chinese thought: Heaven; the Deity....
9. Tungus, n. View full entry 1625
...(A member of) a people of eastern Siberia. Also attrib....
10. tutang, n. View full entry 1613
...One of several designations applied familiarly to a Chinese viceroy....
11. yogurt, n. View full entry 1625
...Properly, a sour fermented liquor made from milk, used in Turkey and other countries of the Levant; now common in many English-speaking countries as a commercial semi-solid, often flavoured, foodstuff....
