dizdar

English

Alternative forms

• disdar

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish, borrowed from Persian دزدار.

Noun

dizdar (plural dizdars)

1. (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.

Anagrams

• dizard