اشكینجی
Ottoman Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From اشكین (eşkin, “amble, canter”) + ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).
Noun edit
اشكینجی • (eşkinci)
- sort of mounted, feudal yeoman who participated in expeditions with his horse
- irregular cavalryman who participated in campaigns during the imperial period
Derived terms edit
- اشكینجیلك (eşkincilik, “campaigning”)
Descendants edit
- Turkish: eşkinci
Further reading edit
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “eşkinci”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1502
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اشكینجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 123