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- Ottoman Turkish · borrowed fromایچ اوغلانی
- English todayiç oğlan
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ایچ اوغلانی (iç oğlanı), from ایچ (iç, “interior”) + اوغلان (oğlan, “boy”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
iç oğlan
Today it means: 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. Full definition →
Ottoman Turkish ایچ اوغلانی