başbuğ

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Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ottoman Turkish باشبوغ (başboğ), Old Turkic 𐰉𐱁𐰉𐰆𐰍 (b¹šb¹uǧ), from baş (“main”) and archaic buğ which may be related to Turkish bey or Bulgarian бог (bog).

Cognates with Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (wʾspwhl /⁠wāspuhr⁠/)

Noun[edit]

başbuğ (definite accusative başbuğu, plural başbuğlar)

  1. chief, chieftain, commander
  2. chief lord

Synonyms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “başbuğ”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “باشبوغ”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 326
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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