"devshirme" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دیوشیرمه (devşirme, literally “collection, gathering”) (Turkish devşirme). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ota|دیوشیرمه|lit=collection, gathering|tr=devşirme}} Ottoman Turkish دیوشیرمه (devşirme, literally “collection, gathering”), {{cog|tr|devşirme}} Turkish devşirme Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} devshirme (uncountable)
  1. (historical) Systematic collection of non-Muslim boys or young men from rural Christian populations of the Balkans, practiced by Ottomans; the boys were taken to Istanbul, converted to Islam and educated for military profession or religious disciplines. Wikipedia link: Devşirme Tags: historical, uncountable Synonyms: blood tax Related terms: janissary Translations (collection of non-Muslim children to be converted to Islam): دَوْشِيرْمَة (dawšīrma) (Arabic), դեւշիրմե (dewširme) (Armenian), մանկահավաք (mankahavakʻ) (Armenian), մանկաժողով (mankažoġov) (Armenian), девширме (devširme) (Bulgarian), кръвен данък (krǎven danǎk) (Bulgarian), παιδομάζωμα (paidomázoma) (Greek), devscirme (Italian), данок во крв (danok vo krv) [masculine] (Macedonian), devşîrme (Northern Kurdish), دیوشیرمه (devşirme) (Ottoman Turkish), دوشیرمه (devširme) (Persian), де́вширме (dévširme) (Russian), девширме [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), данак у крви [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), крвави данак [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), devširme [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), danak u krvi [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), krvavi danak [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), krvni davek (Slovene), devşirme (Turkish)

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