عجمی

Ottoman Turkish

[ad͡ʒɛˈmiː], [ad͡ʒaˈmiː]

noun
Definitions
  • foreigner, barbarian
  • a member of the corps of young pages in the palace, or at a special school for training
  • a member of a special corps of recruits for the Janissaries
  • untrained, unexperienced, novice

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَجَمِيّ (barbarian, non-Arab).

Origin

Arabic

عَجَمِيّ

Gloss

barbarian, non-Arab

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