başbuğ

See also: Başbuğ

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 [Book Pahlavi needed] (wʾspwhl /⁠wāspuhr⁠/)

Noun

başbuğ (definite accusative başbuğu, plural başbuğlar)

1. chief, chieftain, commander
2. chief lord

Synonyms

• başbey

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “başbuğ”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “باشبوغ”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 326
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN