یڭیچری

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

یڭی‌چری (yeñiçeri)

Etymology

یڭی (yeñi, “new”) +‎ چری (çeri, “soldier”).

Noun

یڭیچری • (yeñiçeri)

janissary

Descendants

Turkish: yeniçeri
→ Arabic: إِنْكِشَارِيّ (ʔinkišāriyy)
→ Armenian: ենիչերի (eničʻeri)
→ Azerbaijani: yeniçəri
→ Danish: janitshar
→ Georgian: იანიჩარი (ianičari)
→ German: Janitschar
→ Greek: γενίτσαρος (genítsaros)
→ Italian: giannizzero, giannizzaro, Giannizzero, Giannizzaro
- → Catalan: genísser
- → English: janissary
- → Irish: Ianasóir
- → French: janissaire
- → Portuguese: janízaro
- → Spanish: jenízaro
→ Macedonian: јаничар (janičar)
→ Norwegian: janitsjar
→ Romanian: ienicer
→ Russian: яныча́р (janyčár)
→ Serbo-Croatian: jànjičār, ја̀њича̄р
- → Hungarian: janicsár
→ Spanish: jenízaro
→ Swedish: janitsjar
→ Ukrainian: янича́р (janyčár)

See also

نظام جدید (nizam-ı cedid, “Nizam-i Cedid”, literally “new order”)

References

J. W. Redhouse (1856) An English and Turkish Dictionary‎, page 1139
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یڭیچری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2207
Angelus à S. Joseph (1684) Gazophylacium linguae Persarum, Amsterdam, page 297

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