Çorbaci
Chorbaji (sometimes variously transliterated as tchorbadji, chorbadzhi, tschorbadji) (Turkish: çorbacı) (English: Soup Seller) was a military rank of the corps of Janissaries in the Ottoman Empire, used for the commander of an ''orta'' (regiment), i.e., approximately corresponding to the rank of colonel. The word is pronounced in Turkish and literally means "person in charge of '' çorba'' (soup)". In several predominantly Christian areas of the Ottoman Empire, such as the current North Macedonia, Serbia and Bulgaria, as well as many parts of Eastern Anatolia, the term chorbaji ( Macedonian and Serbian: чорбаџија, ''čorbadžija''; Bulgarian: чорбаджия, ''chorbadzhiya'' Western Armenian: չորպաճի "ch'orbaji") was also as used as a title for (Christian) members of the rural elite, heads of villages and other rural communities and rich peasants. The Ottomans employed them in various administrative positions, such as that of tax collector and in courts of ...
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