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Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Hungarian janicsár, from Ottoman Turkish یڭیچری (yeñiçeri, “new troops”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: ja‧ni‧čár
Noun
janičár m anim (relational adjective janičárský)
- (historical) janissary (member of Turkish elite infantry)
Declension
Declension of janičár (hard masculine animate)
Further reading
- “janičár”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “janičár”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “janičár”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)