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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish باشی بوزوق (başıbozuk, literally “broken head”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bachi-bouzouk m (plural bachi-bouzouks)
- bashi-bazouk (an irregular soldier in the Ottoman army)
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