War, law & rule

uhlan

Turkic oğlan 'boy, lad' named Tatar light horsemen in Polish service, the ułani; lance cavalry on the Polish model spread to Russia, Prussia, Austria and Napoleon's France, and English took the name from German in the 1750s.

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The road to English

From Ottoman Turkish to Turkish

From Polish to Russian

From German to French

1300Ottoman Turkish

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