bachi-bouzouk
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish باشی بوزوق (başıbozuk, literally “broken head”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bachi-bouzouk m (plural bachi-bouzouks)
- bashi-bazouk (an irregular soldier in the Ottoman army)
Further reading[edit]
- “bachi-bouzouk”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.