janjičar

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یڭیچری (yeniçeri), from یڭی (yeni, new) + چری (çeri, soldier).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jǎɲit͡ʃaːr/
  • Hyphenation: ja‧nji‧čar

Noun

jànjičār m (Cyrillic spelling ја̀њича̄р)

  1. janissary

Declension

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:janjičar.
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