janičiar
Slovak
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یڭیچری (yeñiçeri, “new troops”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈjaɲit͡ʃi̯ar]
Noun
janičiar m pers (female equivalent janičiarka, relational adjective janičiarsky)
- (historical) janissary (member of Turkish elite infantry)
- (derogatory, rare) renegade
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | janičiar | janičiari |
| genitive | janičiara | janičiarov |
| dative | janičiarovi | janičiarom |
| accusative | janičiara | janičiarov |
| locative | janičiarovi | janičiaroch |
| instrumental | janičiarom | janičiarmi |
Related terms
- janičiarstvo
References
- ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016) “janičiar”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 240
Further reading
- “janičiar”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025