iç oğlan
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== English ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ایچ اوغلانی (iç oğlanı), from ایچ (iç, “interior”) + اوغلان (oğlan, “boy”).
=== Noun ===
iç oğlan (plural iç oğlans)
(historical) A boy servant or page who was taken from Christian parents in the Balkans and converted, according to the devshirme system in the Ottoman Empire, and who worked in the sultan's palace.