başbuğ

Meaning

  1. chief, chieftain, commander
  2. chief lord

Synonyms

kolbaşı

çete reisi

klan şefi

Frequency

38k
Etymology

In summary

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/)

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