есаул

Russian

Etymology

Via a Turkic language, ultimately from Middle Mongol ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠭᠤᠯ (ǰasaɣul).^[1] Compare Ukrainian осавул (osavul, “Cossack captain”). Possibly distant cognate with яса́к (jasák).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [(j)ɪsɐˈuɫ]

Noun

есау́л • (jesaúl) m anim (genitive есау́ла, nominative plural есау́лы, genitive plural есау́лов)

(military, historical) Cossack captain, esaul

Declension

Declension of есау́л (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	есау́л jesaúl	есау́лы jesaúly
genitive	есау́ла jesaúla	есау́лов jesaúlov
dative	есау́лу jesaúlu	есау́лам jesaúlam
accusative	есау́ла jesaúla	есау́лов jesaúlov
instrumental	есау́лом jesaúlom	есау́лами jesaúlami
prepositional	есау́ле jesaúle	есау́лах jesaúlax

Derived terms

подъесау́л m anim (podʺjesaúl)

Related terms

? яса́к m (jasák)

References

^ Sevortjan, E. V., Levitskaja, L. S. (1989) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow: Nauka, pages 152-153

[1] Sevortjan, E. V., Levitskaja, L. S. (1989) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow: Nauka, pages 152-153

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