janitsjar
Norwegian
noun-m1
Definitions
- a janissary; soldier in a former elite Turkish guard
- A person who plays an instrument in a janissary band
- janissary music
Etymology
Derived from Ottoman Turkish یڭیچری (yenieri, tr).
Origin
Ottoman Turkish
یڭیچری
Gloss
yenieri, tr
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- janicsár Hungarian
- giannizzaro Italian
- giannizzero Italian
- janissaire French
- янычар Russian
- janitsjar Norwegian Nynorsk
- janitshar Danish
- janjičar Serbo-Croatian
- јањичар Serbo-Croatian
- ենիչերի Armenian
- γενίτσαρος Greek (modern)
- یڭیچری Ottoman Turkish
- იანიჩარი Georgian
- яничар Ukrainian