I want to know the answer to the following question:
In a literal sense what was the Ottoman empire referred to as?
All the background I'm provided with is that "In Ottoman Turkish, the empire was referred to as Devlet-i ʿAliyye-yi ʿOsmâniyye (دَوْلَتِ عَلِيّهٔ عُثمَانِیّه), (literally "The Supreme State of the Ottomans") or alternatively Osmanlı Devleti (عثمانلى دولتى).[dn 5]". Is that enough to answer the question?