dizdar

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish, borrowed from Persian دزدار.

Noun

dizdar (plural dizdars)

  1. (now historical) The commander of a castle or fortress in the Ottoman Empire.
    • 2002, Mary Beard, The Parthenon, Profile Books, published 2010, page 77:
      In 1645, the stores in the Propylaia were struck by lightning, killing the disdar’s family as well as seriously damaging the building.

Anagrams
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.