subay

Concepts

officer

commissioned officer

sergeant

lieutenant

mate

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Synonyms

zabit

Translations

officier

Offizier

oficial

officier

oficial

officier subalterne

efser

ufficiale

oficial

zabit

ضابط

offiziere

leitender Angestellter

offizier

Etymology

Cognate with Azerbaijani: subay

In summary

Probably from a misinterpretation of
Chagatai [script needed] (subay, “light cavalry”) as a compound cognate with Old Turkic 𐰾𐰇 (s²ü, “army; spearmen; heavily armed pedestrian or horsemen”)
and Old Turkic 𐰋𐰏 (b²g, “lord”) and thus having the meaning 'army lord', in order to coin a replacement for the Ottoman ضابط (“zâbit”) during Turkish language reform. See more at Azerbaijani subay.

Sentences

Kara Harp Akademisinden mezun olarak kurmay subay oldu .

He graduated from the Military Academy and became a staff officer.