单词 | seljuk |
释义 | Seljukadj.n. A. adj. 1. The distinctive epithet of certain Turkish dynasties which ruled over large parts of Asia from the 11th to the 13th cent. Hence used to designate the branch of the Turkish people to whom these dynasties belonged (in contradistinction to Ottoman or Osmanli). ΚΠ 1834 J. B. Fraser Acct. Persia vi. 214 His heir Musaood was defeated ten years after by the Seljuk Turkomans, in Khorasan. 1879 E. A. Freeman Hist. Ess. 3rd Ser. 268 A new enemy appeared in the form of the Seljouk Turks. 1904 W. M. Ramsay Lett. to Seven Churches xvii. 216 The coins of a Seljuk principality..bear the legend in mediaeval Latin. 2. Designating a style of Turkish carpet. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > floor-covering > [adjective] > covered with a carpet > type of carpet ingrain1836 thick-piled1853 Yarkand1880 Tekke1900 washed1911 Transylvanian1915 Herati1931 Lotto1931 Seljuk1931 shag pile1946 tufted1960 1931 A. U. Dilley Oriental Rugs & Carpets xiii. 267 Seljuk, lifted out of Turkish history, and Dinar..are the names of oriental rugs produced in Greece. 1952 B. Miall tr. H. Jacoby How to know Oriental Carpets & Rugs 13 The oldest known Oriental carpets, the so-called Seljuk carpets of the thirteenth century, which came originally from the Ala-eddin Mosque at Konia, are now preserved, with other magnificent examples, in the Evkaf Museum at Istanbul. 1963 tr. I. Schlosser European & Oriental Rugs & Carpets 118 The Seljuk carpets..in the Evkaf Museum..have small but very interesting geometric patterns. B. n. (or absolute use of the adjective). A member of the Seljuk tribe or dynasty. ΚΠ 1841 Penny Cycl. XXI. 211/1 A dynasty which..overturned that of the Iranian Seljuks. 1899 F. M. Crawford Via Crucis xxii. 351 A full hour the Seljuks slew and slew. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1834 |
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