چری
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *čerig. Compare Kyrgyz черик (çerik, “soldier”), Mongolian цэрэг (tsereg, “soldier”), Hungarian sereg.
Noun
چری • (çeri)
- soldier
- army
Derived terms
- یڭیچری (yeñiçeri)
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) , “چری”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 719
Descendants
- Turkish: çeri