stratocracy
‘government by the army, military government’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. stratocratie, stratocraty < Gk. stratos ‘army, encamped army’ < stere- ‘to spread’ + -cracy ‘rule or government by’ < F. -cratie < Med.Lat. -cratia < Gk. -kratia ‘power, might; rule, sway; power over; a power, authority’ < kratos ‘strength’< kre-tes- < kruh < kar- < Tamil kaṭu