دسپوت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek δεσπότης (despótēs).

Noun

دسپوت • (despot)

1. despot (late Byzantine title)
2. (Christianity) a Greek bishop

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “despot”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “دسپوت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 900