bachi-bouzouk

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish باشی بوزوق (başıbozuk, literally “broken head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ʃi.bu.zuk/

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Noun

bachi-bouzouk m (plural bachi-bouzouks)

1. bashi-bazouk (an irregular soldier in the Ottoman army)

Further reading

• “bachi-bouzouk”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.