devshirme
Meaning
Noun
- 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.
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Origin
- Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دیوشیرمه (Turkish devşirme).
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