English
esaul
Esaul comes from Russian есау́л ‘Cossack captain, esaul’, and goes back to Middle Mongol 札撒丌勒 ‘an official title’.
- Middle Mongolmodern札撒丌勒zhásāwùlè‘an official title’
- Russianmodernесау́лjesaúl‘Cossack captain, esaul’
- Englishearliest quotation 1833esaul
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Middle Mongolmodern札撒丌勒zhásāwùlè‘an official title’
- Russianmodernесау́лjesaúl‘Cossack captain, esaul’
- Englishearliest quotation 1833esaul
Earliest quotation: 1833, The Foreign Quarterly Review: “Some four months after this event, a smart Yesaul,…”
Every English word from Middle Mongol 札撒丌勒
Today it means
noun The head of a group or unit of Cossacks.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle Mongol 札撒丌勒 / esaul