بیكباشی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

بیڭباشی (biñbaşı)

Etymology

بیك (biñ, “thousand”) +‎ باش (baş, “leader”)

Noun

بیكباشی • (biñbaşı)

(military) battalion commander, major (army rank)
(military, nautical) commander (navy rank)

Descendants

Turkish: binbaşı
→ Armenian: պինպաշի (pinpaši), բինբաշի (binbaši)
→ Egyptian Arabic: بكباشي (bimbashi)
→ English: binbashi, bimbashi
→ Macedonian: бимбашија (bimbašija)
→ Serbo-Croatian: bȉmbaša, би̏мбаша
→ Swahili: bimbashi

References

Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بیكباشی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 424

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