köken: Borrowed from Italian cittadella with influence from French citadelle. First attested in 1453, replacing earlier Schloss, and used alongside Stadtfestung or Stadtburg.
alcazar (Moorish fortress in Spain) · citadel, castle, fortified town · quarterdeck
çekim: çoğul alcázares
eş: fortaleza
köken: Inherited from Old Spanish alcáçar, alcaçar, alcácer (c. 1253), Arabic الْقَصْر (al-qaṣr), via Andalusian Arabic, from Aramaic קַצְרָא (qaṣrā), from Latin castrum. Doublet of castro and castillo.
citadel (strong fortress that sits high above a city)
çekim: çoğul ارگها
köken: From Middle Persian [script needed] (arg), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk-. Cognates include Old Armenian արգել (argel, “obstacle”) and Ancient Greek ἀρκέω (arkéō), Latin arx (“citadel”).