English
iç oğlan
Iç oğlan comes from Ottoman Turkish ایچ اوغلانی.
- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928ایچ اوغلانیiç oğlanı
- Englishtodayiç oğlan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928ایچ اوغلانیiç oğlanı
- Englishtodayiç oğlan
A compound of ایچ ‘interior’ + اوغلان ‘boy’
Proto-Turkic *ič ‘interior’
Ottoman Turkish ایچ ‘interior’
Proto-Turkic *ogul ‘son, child’
Proto-Turkic *oglan ‘children’
Old Anatolian Turkish اوغلان
Ottoman Turkish اوغلان ‘boy’
Every English word from Ottoman Turkish ایچ اوغلانی
Today it means
noun A boy servant or page who was taken from Christian parents in the Balkans and converted, according to the devshirme system in the Ottoman Empire, and who worked in the sultan's palace.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ottoman Turkish ایچ اوغلانی / iç oğlan