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Ottoman and Osman
1.       sen-kim-sin
163 posts
 05 May 2007 Sat 02:53 pm

hello , i would like to know the different between Ottoman and the Osman, is that the same ? Turkey is from Ottoman or Osman, i am so confused, thank you for your reply!

2.       Seticio
550 posts
 05 May 2007 Sat 03:12 pm

It is the same - the difference in written comes from specyfic of arabic letter used in the name of the first Ottoman sultan - Osman ( remember that in Ottoman times arabic was used as a language of science and rieligion whilst Persian - Farsça- was used as the language of literature and poetry; then this two languages mixed with old Turkish making a language called Osmanlıca - those all three languages used arabic alphabet). This letter sometimes was spelled as "s" but sometime like english "th" which seems similar to "t" - that's why Ottoman. Turkish use Osman, the western scince, especially english uses Ottoman.ı

3.       sen-kim-sin
163 posts
 05 May 2007 Sat 03:19 pm

Thank you very much, i am clear now. At first i just know that is Osman, but finally, i saw one Resturant in guangzhou china, "Ottoman" so i confused, at that time , i guessed maybe they are wrong, and then i saw the two one the other place, thank you very much again!

4.       Seticio
550 posts
 05 May 2007 Sat 03:20 pm

no problem

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