dizdar
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ottoman Turkish, borrowed from Persian دزدار.
Noun
[edit]dizdar (plural dizdars)
- (now historical) The commander of a castle or fortress in the Ottoman Empire.
- 2002, Mary Beard, The Parthenon, Profile Books, published 2010, page 77:
- In 1645, the stores in the Propylaia were struck by lightning, killing the disdar’s family as well as seriously damaging the building.