Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic رَأْس (raʔs) +‎ Persian کار (kâr).

Noun edit

رأس كار (re'sikâr)

  1. highest authority in an organization

Further reading edit

  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “re'sikâr”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “رأس”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 611