سورسات

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • سرسات (sürsat), سورصات (sürsat)

Etymology

From Persian سورسات (sursât).

Noun

سورسات • (sürsat)

  1. requisitions, contributions raised by the army on the route of war

Descendants

  • → Turkish: sürsat

Further reading

Persian

Alternative forms

  • سرسات (sorsât), سورصات (sursāt), سوروسات (sūrūsāt), سیورسات (suyūrsāt, soyūrsāt), سرسات (sursāt)

Etymology

Because of the measure a likely Turkic or Mongolic borrowing but the root is uncertain, first attested in both Persian and Ottoman Turkish in the 17th century, perhaps from Azerbaijani sür (“to drive, to push, to send”) + sat (“to sell”), for contributions may involve forced sales or “sales” for free, and the frequent variant سیورسات (soyursât) is perhaps aligned to سیورغال (soyurġâl, “hereditary benefice”).

Noun

سورسات • (sursât)

  1. marching rations, requisitions, contributions raised by the army and various officials for war, the reigner when he travelled, couriers, and state guests squired by mehmandars

Descendants

  • → Avar: сурсат (sursat)
  • → Armenian: սուրսաթ (sursatʻ), սուրուսաթ (surusatʻ) [17th c.]
  • → Azerbaijani: sursat
  • → Chechen: сурсат (sursat)
  • → English: soorsaut
  • → Georgian: სურსათი (sursati)
  • → Lak: сурсат (sursat)
  • → Lezgi: суьрсет (sürset)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: سورسات (sürsat), سرسات (sürsat), سورصات (sürsat)

References

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