چری
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *čerig. Compare Kyrgyz черик (çerik, “soldier”), Mongolian цэрэг (tsereg, “soldier”), Hungarian sereg.
Derived terms
- یڭیچری (yeñiçeri)
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) , “چری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 719
Descendants
- Turkish: çeri
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