haseki
noun C1- A title in the Ottoman Empire given to those who became a senior in a particular office.
- Lower rank officers in the Bostanji regiment.
- A favorite chosen from among the female slaves to the Ottoman palace.
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in hasekim.
The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: hasekisinde. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: hasekisinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: hasekisiyle. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After a vowel, y joins the ending: hasekisiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
From the library
Koyunlarının yanından ayrılmamak için hasekilere mukavemet etmiş; taşla, sopayla birkaçını yaralamıştı.
Padişah, onun böyle nâdan bir herifle yaşamak azabına da katlandığını görünce ümitsizleniyor, hasekiler çıkararak daha nâdan mahluklar arattırıyor, fakat Eşek Hasan'dan beterini bulduramıyordu.
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