seraskier

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Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ottoman Turkish سرعسكر (serasker), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian سرعسکر (sar'askar), a compound word from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian سر (sar, “head”) and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic عَسْكَر (ʕaskar, “army”), itself from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian لشکر (laškar, “army”). [1]

Pronunciation

Noun

seraskier (plural seraskiers)

  1. A commander in the Ottoman Empire.

References

  1. ^ "seraskier." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 2008.
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