Etymograph

English

kazasker

Kazasker comes from Ottoman Turkish قاضیعسكر ‘in the early Ottoman Empire, a chief military…’.

  1. Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928قاضیعسكرkazasker‘in the early Ottoman Empire, a chief military judge’
  2. Englishtodaykazasker

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  1. Ottoman Turkishc. 1300–1928قاضیعسكرkazasker‘in the early Ottoman Empire, a chief military judge’
  2. Englishtodaykazasker

The story

So called because the judge's jurisdiction originally extended to military cases.

Every English word from Ottoman Turkish قاضیعسكر

Today it means

noun A chief judge in the Ottoman Empire. There were two kadiaskers: the Rumeli Kadiaskeri, who oversaw the European part of the empire, and the Anadolu Kadiaskeri, who oversaw the Asian part.

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Etymograph / Ottoman Turkish قاضیعسكر / kazasker

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