miralay
Turkish
editEtymology
editFrom Ottoman Turkish میرآلای, equivalent to mir + alay, literally “regiment commander”.
Noun
editmiralay (definite accusative miralayı, plural miralaylar)
References
edit- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آلای”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 32
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “miralay”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN