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Image:Odalisque.jpg|thumb|Odalisque painted by [Joseph Lefebvre|Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1874)]

Etymology
French adoption of the Turkish odalik � �chambermaid� from oda � �room�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�dæl�i�sk/
(US) AHD|�ʹd�-lĭsk'

Noun
en-noun

1. A female, virginal slave in the Ottoman Seraglio.
2. A representation of an odalisque in a painting.

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