بیكباشی
Ottoman Turkish
Alternative forms
- بیڭباشی (biñbaşı)
Etymology
بیك (biñ, “thousand”) + باش (baş, “leader”)
Noun
بیكباشی • (biñbaşı)
- (military) battalion commander, major (army rank)
- (military, nautical) commander (navy rank)
Descendants
- Turkish: biñbaşı
- → Armenian: պինպաշի (pinpaši), բինբաշի (binbaši)
- → English: binbashi, bimbashi
- → Serbo-Croatian: bȉmbaša, би̏мбаша
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “بیكباشی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 424