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iç oğlan

iç oğlan noun: a boy servant or page who was taken from Christian parents in the Balkans and converted, according to the devshirme system in the Ottoman Empire, and who worked in the sultan's palace.

Noun

iç oğlan (plural iç oğlans)

  1. (historical) A boy servant or page who was taken from Christian parents in the Balkans and converted, according to the devshirme system in the Ottoman Empire, and who worked in the sultan's palace.

Forms of iç oğlan

pluraliç oğlans

Origin of iç oğlan

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ایچ اوغلانی (iç oğlanı), from ایچ (iç, “interior”) + اوغلان (oğlan, “boy”).

Questions about iç oğlan

What does iç oğlan mean?
Iç oğlan means a boy servant or page who was taken from Christian parents in the Balkans and converted, according to the devshirme system in the Ottoman Empire, and who worked in the sultan's palace.
What part of speech is iç oğlan?
Iç oğlan is a noun.
What is the plural of iç oğlan?
The plural of iç oğlan is iç oğlans.

Words near iç oğlan in the dictionary

  1. Izzos
  2. Izzy
  3. I²C
  4. I²Cs
  5. iä
  6. iç oğlan
  7. iç oğlans
  8. Iñapari
  9. Iñupiaq
  10. Iñupiat
  11. Iğdır

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