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odalisk

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o·da·lisque also o·da·lisk  (d-lsk)
n.
A woman slave in a harem.

[French, from Turkish dalik, chambermaid : dah, room + -lik, suff. expressing function.]
Translations
odalisk odalisque [ˈəʊdəlɪsk] Nodalisca f


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