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Turkish
Etymology
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 (wʾspwhl /wāspuhr/)
Noun
başbuğ (definite accusative başbuğu, plural başbuğlar)
- chief, chieftain, commander
- chiefmister, chiefman
- chief lord
Synonyms
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “başbuğ”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “باشبوغ”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 326
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN