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disdar

disdar is the alternative form of dizdar.

Meaning of dizdar

Noun

dizdar (plural dizdars)

  1. (historical) The commander of a castle or fortress in the Ottoman Empire.
    • In 1645, the stores in the Propylaia were struck by lightning, killing the disdar’s family as well as seriously damaging the building.2002, Mary Beard, The Parthenon, Profile Books, published 2010, page 77

Forms of disdar

pluraldisdars

Questions about disdar

What is disdar the alternative form of?
Disdar is the alternative form of dizdar.

Words near disdar in the dictionary

  1. disdainings
  2. disdainly
  3. disdainous
  4. disdainously
  5. disdains
  6. disdar
  7. disdars
  8. disdeified
  9. disdeifies
  10. disdeify
  11. disdeifying

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