başkan
Gagauz
Etymology
Apparently combines the Turkic root baş(i) (“head”) and the (originally Mongol, widely adopted) polyvalent title Kan.
Noun
başkan
- Title of the governor of the Gagauz-Yeri Autonomous Region (since 19 June 1995) within independent Moldova.
Further reading
Turkish
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Turkic başgan.
Pronunciation
Noun
başkan (definite accusative başkanı, plural başkanlar)