bylyk

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Albanian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بلوك (bölük, company; squadron; group, body of men).[1]

Noun

bylyk m (definite bylykë)

  1. (historical) military unit in the Ottoman Empire consisting of some 100-250 mercenary soldiers

References

  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “bylyk”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 94