English Explanatory Dictionary

ichoglan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A boy servant recruited according to the devshirme system in the Ottoman Empire.

Word forms

ichoglan ichoglans

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish (modern Turkish iç oğlanı).

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