اسیرلك
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
اسیر (esir, yesir, “captive, slave”) + ـلك (-lik, noun-forming suffix)
Noun
اسیرلك • (esirlik or yesirlik)
- captivity as a prisoner of war
- slavery
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) , “اسیرلك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 116