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: biñbaşı
→ Armenian: պինպաշի (pinpaši), բինբաշի (binbaši)
→ English: binbashi, bimbashi
→ Serbo-Croatian: bȉmbaša, би̏мбаша

References

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

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