باشلق

Ottoman Turkish

باشلق

Etymology

From باش (baş, “head”) +‎ ـلق (-lık, -luk).

Noun

باشلق • (başlık)

1. (in general) headgear, anything worn on the head

   Synonym: سرپوش (serpuş)

2. cowl, a hood that can be pulled forward to cover the face
3. helmet, a hard, protective head covering used in battle

   Synonym: سرپنك (serpenek)

4. testiere, the complete armour for a horse's head
5. capital, the usually decorated uppermost part of a column
6. timber-capital, a truss of a post supporting a beam

Descendants

• Turkish: başlık
  • → Armenian: պաշլըխ (pašləx), բաշլըղ (bašləġ)
  • → Egyptian Arabic: باشلق (bāšliq)
  • → Russian: башлы́к (bašlýk)
    • → English: bashlyk
    • → Polish: baszłyk
• → Albanian: bashllëk
• → Romanian: ișlic

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “başlık”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 498
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “باشلق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 240
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “başlık”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “باشلق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 326