есаул

Russian

Etymology

Via a Turkic language, ultimately from Middle Mongol ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠭᠤᠯ (ǰasaɣul).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [(j)ɪsɐˈuɫ]

Noun

есау́л • (jesaúl) m anim (genitive есау́ла, nominative plural есау́лы, genitive plural есау́лов)

  1. (military, historical) Cossack captain, esaul

Declension

References

  1. Sevortjan, E. V., Levitskaja, L. S. (1989) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow: Nauka, pages 152-153
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