selamlik
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of selamlik
First recorded in 1890–95, selamlik is from the Turkish word selamlιk
Example Sentences
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The hall of banquets comes so, between them, and the hall is two stories tall, and across the top of that, from the selamlik to the harem, runs that little secret passage.
From The Palace of Darkened Windows by Edmund Frederick
The building was in two parts, entirely separating the selamlik from the haremlik.
From It Happened in Egypt by C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson
I helped to carry her down through the selamlik to the street at the back of the house.
From The Secret Witness by George Gibbs
The "selamlik," inhabited by Mohammed, where we were received, is according to the Turkish custom, entirely separated from the harem, the gardens of which are walled off from it, and hidden from sight.
From French and Oriental Love in a Harem by Paul Avril
Renwick had already descended a few steps, Marishka following him, when the door to the selamlik opened, and a female figure clad in Marishka's silk drapery rushed forth.
From The Secret Witness by George Gibbs
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