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ichoglan

ichoglan noun: a boy servant recruited according to the devshirme system in the Ottoman Empire.

Noun

ichoglan (plural ichoglans)

  1. A boy servant recruited according to the devshirme system in the Ottoman Empire.

Forms of ichoglan

pluralichoglans

Origin of ichoglan

From Ottoman Turkish (modern Turkish iç oğlanı).

Questions about ichoglan

What does ichoglan mean?
Ichoglan means a boy servant recruited according to the devshirme system in the Ottoman Empire.
What part of speech is ichoglan?
Ichoglan is a noun.
What is the plural of ichoglan?
The plural of ichoglan is ichoglans.

Words near ichoglan in the dictionary

  1. ichnotype
  2. ichnotypes
  3. ichnovirus
  4. ichnoviruses
  5. ichnusaite
  6. ichoglan
  7. ichoglans
  8. ichomage
  9. ichor
  10. ichorhaemia
  11. ichorhemia

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