Etymograph

English

seraskierate

From seraskier + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office).

Formed from seraskier + -ate

Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- ‘to protect’

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Persian لشکر ‘army’

Persian سر ‘head’

Persian سرعسکر

Ottoman Turkish سرعسكر ‘seraskier, a title formerly given to a vizier…’

English seraskier

Today it means

noun The office or position of a seraskier.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “seraskierate”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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