bostanji
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish بوستانجی (bostancı), from بوستان (bostân, “market garden”) (from Persian بوستان (bôstân)), and ـجی (-ci, “maker, dealer”).[1]
Noun
[edit]bostanji (plural bostanjis)
- (historical) One of the imperial guards of the Ottoman Empire.
References
[edit]- ^ "bostanji." Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Merriam-Webster. 2002.