sergerde

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سركرده (sergerde, serkerde, “chief of police; chief of irregulars or bandits”), from Persian [Term?].

Noun

sergerde (definite accusative sergerdeyi, plural sergerdeler) (archaic)

1. a leader of bandits or irregulars

   Synonym: elebaşı

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “سركرده”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎ (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 675
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “سركرده”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1053
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN