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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish سواری (süvari), alteration of Persian سوار (sovâr, “rider, cavalryman”).
Adjective
süvari
- mounted (riding a horse)
- Synonym: atlı
Noun
süvari (definite accusative süvariyi, plural süvariler)
- rider, horseman
- Synonym: binici
- (military) cavalryman; cavalry
- 1939 September 3, Cumhuriyet, page 1 photo caption:
- (nautical) captain
References
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “süvari”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 4, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4403
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “süvari”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سواری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1086
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN