janicsár
Hungarian
noun
Definitions
- (historical) janissary soldier in an elite Turkish guard
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یڭیچری (yenieri, tr) derived from Serbo-Croatian janjičar.
Origin
Serbo-Croatian
janjičar
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- janicsárok Hungarian
- giannizzaro Italian
- giannizzero Italian
- janissaire French
- янычар Russian
- janitsjar Norwegian Bokmål
- janitsjar Norwegian Nynorsk
- janitshar Danish
- janjičar Serbo-Croatian
- јањичар Serbo-Croatian
- ենիչերի Armenian
- γενίτσαρος Greek (modern)
- یڭیچری Ottoman Turkish
- იანიჩარი Georgian
- яничар Ukrainian