Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

esaul

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: esaul
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The head of a group or unit of Cossacks.

Example Sentences

"Some four months after this event, a smart Yesaul, at the head of a party of Kozaks, on the high road to Nishnei Novogorod perceives a poor fellow resting himself upon a bank."
"‘There is no order in the Ukraine: the colonels and the esauls quarrel like dogs: there is no chief over them all.’"
"When Hervey had first learned what was the strength of the garrison, he asked the esaul, the Cossacks' captain. why there was only a squadron (sotnia) of them, two hundred lances […]."

Etymology

From Russian есау́л (jesaúl), Ukrainian осаву́л (osavúl). Ultimately from Middle Mongol 札撒兀勒 (zhásāwùlè /⁠⁠ǰasa'ul⁠/).

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: есау́л, осаву́л, 札撒丌勒

Inflected Forms

esauls (plural) osaul (alternative) yesaul (alternative)

Questions

What does esaul mean?: The head of a group or unit of Cossacks.
Where does esaul come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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