seraskierとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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

発音

• 韻: -ɪə(ɹ)

名詞

seraskier (plural seraskiers)

1. (now historical) A commander in the Ottoman Empire.
   • 1789, Olaudah Equiano, chapter 9, in The Interesting Narrative, volume I:

     A seraskier or officer took a liking to me here, and wanted me to stay, and offered me two wives; however I resisted the temptation.

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