Captain

Letter

C

Headword

Captain

Ottoman / Period

Mîralay (Deniz); Reis; Gemi Süvârisi; Kapudan

Modern Turkish

Deniz Albayı, Kaptan; Gemi Kaptanı

Variant / Abbreviation

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Category

Rütbe/Denizciik

Explanation

Kaptan, Deniz Albayı.

Citation / Source

1. Hagopian, Ottoman-Turkish Conversation-Grammar…, s. 446.
2. Great Britain, Admiralty, Naval Staff, Naval Intelligence Division, Geographical Section, Vocabularies: English, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Armenian, Kurdish, Syriac, I.D. 1121 (London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1920), s. 324.