Etymograph

English

derbendci

Derbendci comes from Ottoman Turkish دربندجی ‘derbendci, the guard charged with maintaining…’, from دربند ‘defile’, and ultimately from Classical Persian دربند ‘a narrow and difficult pass through mountains,…’.

  1. Classical Persianc. 900–presentدربندdarband‘a narrow and difficult pass through mountains, canyon, gorge’
  2. Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928same form‘defile’
  3. Ottoman Turkish, derivedc. 1300–1928دربندجیderbendci‘derbendci, the guard charged with maintaining and defending a derbend in exchange for tax…’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1993derbendci

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Classical Persianc. 900–presentدربندdarband‘a narrow and difficult pass through mountains, canyon, gorge’
  2. Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928same form‘defile’
  3. Ottoman Turkish, derivedc. 1300–1928دربندجیderbendci‘derbendci, the guard charged with maintaining and defending a derbend in exchange for tax…’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1993derbendci

Earliest quotation: 1993, Peter F. Sugar, Southeastern Europe Under Ottoman Rule: “The derbendci, some two thousand families of Rumelia, acted…”

Every English word from Classical Persian دربند

Today it means

noun The guards charged with maintaining and defending a derbend in exchange for tax relief.

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Etymograph / Classical Persian دربند / derbendci

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