اشكینجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From اشكین (eşkin, “amble, canter”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

اشكینجی • (eşkinci)

1. sort of mounted, feudal yeoman who participated in expeditions with his horse
2. irregular cavalryman who participated in campaigns during the imperial period

Derived terms

• اشكینجیلك (eşkincilik, “campaigning”)

Descendants

• Turkish: eşkinci

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “eşkinci”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1502
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اشكینجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 123