dizdar
English
Alternative forms
- disdar
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish and Persian دزدار.
Noun
dizdar (plural dizdars)
- (now historical) The commander of a castle or fortress in the Ottoman Empire.
- 2002, Mary Beard, The Parthenon, Profile Books 2010, p. 77:
- In 1645, the stores in the Propylaia were struck by lightning, killing the disdar’s family as well as seriously damaging the building.
- 2002, Mary Beard, The Parthenon, Profile Books 2010, p. 77:
Anagrams
- dizard