Etymology

comitadji

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Today it means: A member of a unit of irregular soldiers or resistance fighters; a partisan. Full definition →

Ottoman Turkish قومیتهجی ← French comité
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  1. French · derived fromcomité“committee”
  2. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromقومیته
  3. Ottoman Turkish · derived fromقومیتهجی
  4. English todaycomitadji

From various Balkan languages, all from Ottoman Turkish قومیتهجی (komitacı), from Ottoman Turkish قومیته (komita) from French comité (“committee”) + ـجی (-cı).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.