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Etymology

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Via a Turkic language, ultimately from Middle Mongol ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠭᠤᠯ (ǰasaɣul).[1] Compare Ukrainian осавул (osavul, Cossack captain).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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есау́л (jesaúlm anim (genitive есау́ла, nominative plural есау́лы, genitive plural есау́лов)

  1. (military, historical) Cossack captain, esaul

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Sevortjan, E. V., Levitskaja, L. S. (1989) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow: Nauka, pages 152-153