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devshirmeh

devshirmeh is the alternative form of devshirme.

Meaning of devshirme

Noun

devshirme (uncountable)

  1. (historical) Systematic collection of non-Muslim boys or young men from rural Christian populations of the Balkans, practiced by Ottomans; the boys were taken to Istanbul, converted to Islam and educated for military profession or religious disciplines.

Questions about devshirmeh

What is devshirmeh the alternative form of?
Devshirmeh is the alternative form of devshirme.

Words near devshirmeh in the dictionary

  1. DevRel
  2. Devreux
  3. devs
  4. DevSecOps
  5. devshirme
  6. devshirmeh
  7. devt.
  8. devulcanise
  9. devulcanised
  10. devulcanises
  11. devulcanising

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Adapted from Wiktionary: devshirmeh (page history and authors); devshirme (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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