noun

• A palace of a sultan.
• The palace of the Grand Seignior in Constantinople.
• (by figurative extension) A profligate or decadent residence of a rich person.
• The sequestered living quarters used by wives and concubines (odalisques) in a Turkish Muslim household.
• A brothel or place of debauchery.
• An interior cage or enclosed courtyard for keeping wild beasts.