میرآلای

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From میر (mir, “leader”) +‎ آلای (alay, “regiment”).

Noun

میرآلای • (miralay)

1. (military) colonel [from 19th c.]

Descendants

• Turkish: miralay
• → Armenian: միրալայ (miralay)
• → Romanian: miralai

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “miralay”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “miralay”, in Nişanyan Sözlük