یڭیچری

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• یڭی‌چری (yeñiçeri)

Etymology

یڭی (yeñi, “new”) +‎ چری (çeri, “soldier”).

Noun

یڭیچری • (yeñiçeri)

1. janissary

Descendants

• Turkish: yeniçeri
• → Arabic: إِنْكِشَارِيّ (ʔinkišāriyy)
• → Armenian: ենիչերի (eničʻeri)
• → Azerbaijani: yeniçəri
• → Danish: janitshar
• → Georgian: იანიჩარი (ianičari)
• → German: Janitschar
• → Greek: γενίτσαρος (genítsaros)
• → Italian: giannizzero, giannizzaro, Giannizzero, Giannizzaro
  • → Catalan: genísser
  • → English: janissary
  • → Irish: Ianasóir
  • → French: janissaire
  • → Portuguese: janízaro
  • → Spanish: jenízaro
• → Macedonian: јаничар (janičar)
• → Norwegian: janitsjar
• → Romanian: ienicer
• → Russian: яныча́р (janyčár)
• → Serbo-Croatian: jànjičār, ја̀њича̄р
  • → Hungarian: janicsár
• → Spanish: jenízaro
• → Swedish: janitsjar
• → Ukrainian: янича́р (janyčár)

See also

• نظام جدید (nizam-ı cedid, “Nizam-i Cedid”, literally “new order”)

References

• J. W. Redhouse (1856) An English and Turkish Dictionary‎^[1], page 1139
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “یڭیچری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2207
• Angelus à S. Joseph (1684) Gazophylacium linguae Persarum, Amsterdam, page 297