seraskier

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

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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