حصارجی
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Ottoman Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From حصار (hisar, “fortress, stronghold”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).
Noun
[edit]حصارجی • (hisarcı)
- (historical) peasant bound to work at repairs of a fortress, feudal retainer who holds land on condition of defending a fortress
Further reading
[edit]- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “حصارجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 788