sergerde

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish سركرده (sergerde, serkerde, “chief of police; chief of irregulars or bandits”), from Persian [Term?].

Noun[edit]

sergerde (definite accusative sergerdeyi, plural sergerdeler) (archaic)

  1. a leader of bandits or irregulars
    Synonym: elebaşı

References[edit]

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سركرده”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 675
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سركرده”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1053
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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