onbaşı

Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish اونباشی (onbaşı), equivalent to on (“ten”) +‎ baş (“leader”).

Noun edit

onbaşı (definite accusative onbaşını, plural onbaşılar)

(military) corporal

References edit

Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

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