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Osman¹

  • /ˈɒzmən/ UK

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English, from Old Norse Ásmundr, from áss (“a god”) + mund (“protection, hand”).

proper noun

  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Osmond, rare in English.
  2. Charles J. Osman (1851–1922), Canadian businessman and politician
  3. Arthur Arnold Osman (1893–1972), British nephrologist

Osman²

  • /ˈɒzmən/ UK
  • /ɒzˈmɑːn/ UK

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عثمان (osmân), from Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān). Doublet of Uthman and Ottoman.

Widely used as an anglicization of cognate names across the Islamic world, including Somali Cismaan, Persian عثمان (usmān /osmân), Malay Usman, and even Arabic عُثْمَان (ʕuṯmān) itself.

proper noun Osmân · ʿOs̱mân · Ottoman · Otoman · Othoman · Oosman

  1. Osman I (d. 1323/4), founder of the Ottoman Empire.
  2. Osman II (1604–1622), sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1618 until his death.
  3. Osman III (1699–1757), sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1754 until his death.
  4. A male given name from Iranian Persian
  5. A surname.

noun Osmans · Osmân · ʿOs̱mân · Ottoman · Otoman · Othoman

  1. Synonym of Ottoman (“member of the Ottoman dynasty”). […] the Osmans were the most enduring of all the dynastic families.

    Similar: Ottoman

  2. Synonym of Ottoman (“citizen of the Ottoman Empire”). Soliman […] fetched over from the Asiatic shores 3,000 Osmans […]

    Similar: Ottoman

adjective Osmân · ʿOs̱mân · Ottoman · Otoman · Othoman · Oosman

  1. not comparable Synonym of Ottoman. […] the Osman dynasty […]

    Similar: Ottoman

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РусскийО́сман Ósman

name male given name

中文奧斯曼 /奥斯曼 Àosīmàn
FrançaisOsman
DeutschOsman
ItalianoOsman
ΕλληνικάΟσμάν Osmán
РусскийОсма́н Osmán

noun member of the Ottoman dynasty — see also Ottoman

FrançaisOsman
РусскийОсма́н Osmán

noun citizen of the Ottoman Empire — see also Ottoman

FrançaisOsman

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"Osman." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/osman. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Osman. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/osman

Chicago

"Osman." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/osman.

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@misc{osman_2026,
  title = {Osman},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/osman},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}