Odalisque

In: Middle East [more meanings]  

(Turkish) From the word "oda" meaning room, it literally translates as "woman of the room". An odalisque was a (temporarily) favored one in the Grand Seraglio Turkish harem, who was given her own room. She was not officially elevated to Kadin (wife). She was a concubine. All the women in the Grand Seraglio were slaves of the Sultan. Some of the more favored in turn had their own slaves/ servants.

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