حصارجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From حصار (hisar, “fortress, stronghold”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

حصارجی • (hisarcı)

1. (historical) peasant bound to work at repairs of a fortress, feudal retainer who holds land on condition of defending a fortress

Further reading

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “حصارجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 788