"dizdar" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dizdars [plural]
Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish, borrowed from Persian دزدار. Head templates: {{en-noun}} dizdar (plural dizdars)
  1. (now historical) The commander of a castle or fortress in the Ottoman Empire. Tags: historical Synonyms: disdar
    Sense id: en-dizdar-en-noun-9khrBxev Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_text": "From Ottoman Turkish, borrowed from Persian دزدار.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dizdars",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "dizdar (plural dizdars)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2002, Mary Beard, The Parthenon, Profile Books, published 2010, page 77:",
          "text": "In 1645, the stores in the Propylaia were struck by lightning, killing the disdar’s family as well as seriously damaging the building.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The commander of a castle or fortress in the Ottoman Empire."
      ],
      "id": "en-dizdar-en-noun-9khrBxev",
      "links": [
        [
          "castle",
          "castle"
        ],
        [
          "fortress",
          "fortress"
        ],
        [
          "Ottoman",
          "Ottoman"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now historical) The commander of a castle or fortress in the Ottoman Empire."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "disdar"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dizdar"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "From Ottoman Turkish, borrowed from Persian دزدار.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dizdars",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "dizdar (plural dizdars)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with historical senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2002, Mary Beard, The Parthenon, Profile Books, published 2010, page 77:",
          "text": "In 1645, the stores in the Propylaia were struck by lightning, killing the disdar’s family as well as seriously damaging the building.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The commander of a castle or fortress in the Ottoman Empire."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "castle",
          "castle"
        ],
        [
          "fortress",
          "fortress"
        ],
        [
          "Ottoman",
          "Ottoman"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now historical) The commander of a castle or fortress in the Ottoman Empire."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "disdar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dizdar"
}

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