haremlikn.
/ˈhɛːrəmlɪk/, /hɑːˈriːmlɪk/, U.S. /ˈhɛrəmlɪk/, /ˌhɑˈrimlɪk/ Now chiefly historical.
= harem n. 1a. Cf. selamlik n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > suite of rooms > [noun] > for women of household
seraglio1581
serail1585
harem1634
gynaeceum1723
zenana1761
serai1813
anderoon1840
haremlik?1850
gynaeconitis1855
terem1898
?1850 S. Ellis Morning Call I. 89 In this court is also the gate conducting to the haremlik, or apartments of the women, which are in the upper story of the house.
1854 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 24 53 Travellers cannot be lodged in private houses, unless an aga, or other wealthy man in the village, possesses a larger establishment, separated into salamlik and haremlik.
1888 ‘Bey Kesnin’ Evil of East vii. 127 Every Turkish house is divided into two distinct parts:—the selamlik for men, and the haremlik for women.
1920 Blackwood's Mag. Nov. 661/2 High above their bench and entered from the Haremlik, is an iron grille or cage, in which the Padishah could overhear unseen his Ministers' deliberations.
1936 N. M. Penzer Harēm i. 16 Relations with European powers soon gave rise to the coining of a word that would embrace not only the harēmlik and the serāmlik but the entire Royal buildings as a whole... The word seraglio was chosen.
2000 H. Hassan In House of Muhammad Ali ii. 13 The main building, the haremlik, was demolished well before my birth.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.?1850