different between devshirme vs ichoglan

English

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ????????? (dev?irme, literally “collection, gathering”) (Turkish dev?irme).

devshirme (uncountable)

(historical) 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.

Turkish iç o?lan?

ichoglan (plural ichoglans)

A boy servant recruited according to the devshirme system in the Ottoman Empire.

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