seraskier

noun

1. A commander in the Ottoman Empire.

   historical

   A seraskier or officer took a liking to me here, and wanted me to stay, and offered me two wives; however I resisted the temptation.

Where it comes from

From Ottoman Turkish سرعسكر (serasker), from Persian سرعسکر (sar'askar), a compound word from Persian سر (sar, “head”) and Arabic عَسْكَر (ʕaskar, “army”), itself from Persian لشکر (laškar, “army”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry seraskier (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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