miralay

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish میرآلای, equivalent to mir +‎ alay, literally “regiment commander”.

Noun

miralay (definite accusative miralayı, plural miralaylar)

1. (military) colonel

   Synonym: albay

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “آلای”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 32
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “miralay”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN