English Explanatory Dictionary

selictar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The swordbearer of a Turkish chief; a member of a Turkish cavalry corps.

Word forms

selictar selictars

Etymology

Corrupt from Ottoman Turkish سلاحدار (silahdar, literally “weapon-bearer”), the first part being the Arabic سِلَاح (silāḥ, “weapon”) and the second the Persian ـدار (-dâr, “bearer”) suffix.

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