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seraskier

seraskier noun: a commander in the Ottoman Empire.

Noun

seraskier (plural seraskiers)

  1. (historical) A commander in the Ottoman Empire.
    • A seraskier or officer took a liking to me here, and wanted me to stay, and offered me two wives; however I resisted the temptation.1789, Olaudah Equiano, chapter 9, in The Interesting Narrative, volume I

seraskier meaning in Tamil

seraskier in Tamil

துருக்கிய படைத்தலைவர், துருக்கிய முதற்பெரும் படைத்தலைவர், துருக்கிய போரமைச்சர்

Forms of seraskier

pluralseraskiers

Origin of seraskier

From Ottoman Turkish سرعسكر (serasker), from Persian سرعسکر (sar'askar), a compound word from Persian سر (sar, “head”) and Arabic عَسْكَر (ʕaskar, “army”), itself from Persian لشکر (laškar, “army”).

Words formed from seraskier

Words that rhyme with seraskier

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Questions about seraskier

What does seraskier mean?
Seraskier means a commander in the Ottoman Empire.
What is seraskier in Tamil?
Seraskier in Tamil is துருக்கிய படைத்தலைவர், துருக்கிய முதற்பெரும் படைத்தலைவர், துருக்கிய போரமைச்சர். See Seraskier meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is seraskier?
Seraskier is a noun.
What is the plural of seraskier?
The plural of seraskier is seraskiers.

Words near seraskier in the dictionary

  1. Serapists
  2. serasker
  3. seraskerate
  4. seraskerates
  5. seraskers
  6. seraskier
  7. seraskierate
  8. seraskierates
  9. seraskiers
  10. serated
  11. seratrodast

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Adapted from Wiktionary: seraskier (page history and authors); seraskier (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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