From en.wiktionary.org:
[porte]
** English
[Ottoman Porte]
*** Alternative forms
- Ottoman Porte
- Sublime Porte
*** Etymology
From [en], ultimately after [en], from [ar] and [ar], a synecdoche for the
Ottoman government originally referring to the outer gate of the sultan's
Topkapı palace at which justice was administered, and later to the gate of the
palace of the grand vizier.
*** Proper noun
[en-proper noun]
1. [en] The Ottoman court ; [hence] , the government of the Ottoman empire . [from 15th c.]
2. * {{ quote-journal | en | date=20 February 1793 | author=w:Hester Piozzi | journal=Thraliana
|passage=Another odd Combination: 'tis now confidently asserted that the
Ottoman PORTE enters into a League offensive & defensive with France [...].}}
1. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1988 | author=Milorad Pavić | translator=Christina Pribićević-Zorić | title=Dictionary of the Khazars | page=24 | publisher=Vintage | year_published=1989
|passage=A hired diplomat in Edirne and to the PORTE in Constantinople, a
military commander in the Austro-Turkish wars, a polyhistor and a learned
man.}}
1. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2015 | author=Eugene Rogan | title=The Fall of the Ottomans | page=19 | publisher=Penguin | year_published=2016
|passage=The Ottoman defenders in Edirne (ancient Adrianople, a city in modern
Turkey near Greece and Bulgaria) were left surrounded and under siege when the
PORTE sued for an armistice in early December 1912.}}
*** Anagrams
- [en]
** German
*** Pronunciation
- [de]
*** Noun
[de]
1. [de]