giannizzero

== Italian == === Alternative forms === giannizzaro, Giannizzero, Giannizzaro gianizzero (archaic) === Etymology === Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یڭیچری (yeñiçeri) (whence Modern Turkish yeniçeri), from یڭی (yeñi, “new”) + چری (çeri, “soldier”). Pietro Della Valle (1586–1652) noted, using the plural form ienghiceri, that this spelling would more accurately reflect the Ottoman Turkish etymon (the corresponding singular would be *ienghicero). === Noun === giannizzero m (plural giannizzeri) janissary henchman ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: genísser → English: janissary → Irish: Ianasóir → Middle French: ianissaireFrench: janissaire→ New Latin: ianissarius → New Latin: ianizarus → Portuguese: janíçaro → Spanish: jenízaro === References === === Further reading === giannizzero in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana