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halayık — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • odalisque noun A woman kept as a slave in a harem, especially in the palace of an Ottoman ruler.

Senses

halayık is used for these senses in English:

  • odalisque (historical) A female slave in a harem, especially one in the Ottoman seraglio.

odalisque — full definition

  1. noun A woman kept as a slave in a harem, especially in the palace of an Ottoman ruler.
  2. noun A painting of a woman, often nude, shown lying in a rich or exotic setting, meant to look sexually alluring.
  3. noun A woman regarded as very desirable or sexually attractive.
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