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dizdar

dizdar noun: the commander of a castle or fortress in the Ottoman Empire.

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 dizdar

pluraldizdars
alternative formdisdar

Origin of dizdar

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دزدار (dizdâr), from Classical Persian دزدار (dizdār).

Questions about dizdar

What does dizdar mean?
Dizdar means the commander of a castle or fortress in the Ottoman Empire.
What part of speech is dizdar?
Dizdar is a noun.
What is the plural of dizdar?
The plural of dizdar is dizdars.

Words near dizdar in the dictionary

  1. dizains
  2. dizamn
  3. Dizangue
  4. dizard
  5. dizards
  6. dizdar
  7. dizdars
  8. dize
  9. dized
  10. dizen
  11. dizened

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