اشكینجی

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From اشكین (eşkin, “amble, canter”) +‎ ـجی (-cı, -ci, occupational suffix).

Noun

اشكینجی • (eşkinci)

sort of mounted, feudal yeoman who participated in expeditions with his horse
irregular cavalryman who participated in campaigns during the imperial period

Derived terms

اشكینجیلك (eşkincilik, “campaigning”)

Descendants

Turkish: eşkinci

Further reading

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “eşkinci”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1502
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “اشكینجی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 123

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