English Explanatory Dictionary

bostanji

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of the imperial guards of the Ottoman Empire.

Word forms

bostanji bostanjis bostangi bustangee

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بوستانجی (bostancı), from بوستان (bostân, “market garden”) (from Persian بوستان (bôstân)), and ـجی (-ci, “maker, dealer”).

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