kolağası
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish قول اغاسی, equivalent to kol + ağa.
Noun
kolağası (definite accusative kolağasını, plural kolağaları)
- (military, historical) An adjutant major in the Ottoman armed forces.
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “قول”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 986
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “قول”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1492
- The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, 2013, →ISBN