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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish سركرده (sergerde, serkerde, “chief of police; chief of irregulars or bandits”), from Persian .
Noun
sergerde (definite accusative sergerdeyi, plural sergerdeler) (archaic)
- a leader of bandits or irregulars
- Synonym: elebaşı
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سركرده”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 675
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سركرده”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1053
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN