jenízaro

Portuguese

Noun

jenízaro m (plural jenízaros)

Rare form of janízaro.

Spanish

Etymology

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

Noun

jenízaro m (plural jenízaros)

(historical) janissary (Ottoman soldier)

Further reading

“jenízaro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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