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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish الهباشی (elebaşı), equivalent to er (“man, brave”) + baş.
Noun
elebaşı (definite accusative elebaşını, plural elebaşları)
- ringleader; a leader of bandits, terrorists, etc.
- Synonym: sergerde
Further reading
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “elebaşı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük