English Explanatory Dictionary

seraskier

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A commander in the Ottoman Empire.

Word forms

seraskier seraskiers

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سرعسكر (serasker), from Persian سرعسکر (sar'askar), a compound word from Persian سر (sar, “head”) and Arabic عَسْكَر (ʕaskar, “army”), itself from Persian لشکر (laškar, “army”).

Derived words

seraskierate
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