Where does “janjičar” come from?
janjičar (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish یڭیچری, from Ottoman Turkish یڭی, from Proto-Turkic yaŋï — new.
janjičar (Serbo-Croatian): janissary
Ancestry of “janjičar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | یڭیچری | new troops |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | یڭی | new; modern, new |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | yaŋï | new |