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Russian
Etymology
Via a Turkic language, ultimately from Middle Mongol ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠭᠤᠯ (ǰasaɣul).[1] Compare Ukrainian осавул (osavul, “Cossack captain”).
Pronunciation
Noun
есау́л • (jesaúl) m anim (genitive есау́ла, nominative plural есау́лы, genitive plural есау́лов)
- (military, historical) Cossack captain, esaul
Declension
References
- ^ Sevortjan, E. V., Levitskaja, L. S. (1989) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow: Nauka, pages 152-153