devshirme

Senso (Inglese)

Systematic collection of non-Muslim boys or young men from rural Christian populations of the Balkans, practiced by Ottomans; the boys were taken to Istanbul, converted to Islam and educated for military profession or religious disciplines.

Concetti

devscirme

Traduzioni

دَوْشِيرْمَة

παιδομάζωμα

devşîrme

devşirme

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine turco: devşirme

In summary

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دیوشیرمه (devşirme, literally “collection, gathering”) (Turkish devşirme).