янычар

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Belarusian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یڭیچری (yeniçeri), from یڭی (yeni, new) + چری (çeri, soldier). Per Vasmer, presence of -ы- points to a borrowing through Ukrainian янича́р (janyčár).

Pronunciation

Noun

яныча́р (janyčárm pers (genitive яныча́ра, nominative plural яныча́ры, genitive plural яныча́раў, relational adjective яныча́рскі)

  1. janissary (former Turkish soldier)

Declension

References

  • янычар” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
  • янычар”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یڭیچری (yeniçeri), from یڭی (yeni, new) + چری (çeri, soldier). Per Vasmer, presence of -ы- points to a borrowing through Ukrainian янича́р (janyčár).

Pronunciation

Noun

яныча́р (janyčárm anim (genitive яныча́ра, nominative plural яныча́ры, genitive plural яныча́р)

  1. janissary (former Turkish soldier)

Declension

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “янычар”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress