devshirmeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• devshirmeh

語源

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دیوشیرمه (devşirme, literally “collection, gathering”) (Turkish devşirme).

名詞

devshirme (uncountable)

1. (historical) Systematic collection of non-Muslim boys or young men from rural Christian populations of the Balkans, practiced by Ottomans; the boys were taken to Istanbul, converted to Islam and educated for military profession or religious disciplines.

参考

• blood tax
• iç oğlan
• janissary