başbuğ

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Turkish

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Etymology

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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

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başbuğ (definite accusative başbuğu, plural başbuğlar)

  1. chief, chieftain, commander
  2. chief lord

Synonyms

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References

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  • 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