بیكباشی

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• بیڭباشی (biñbaşı)

Etymology

بیك (biñ, “thousand”) +‎ باش (baş, “leader”)

Noun

بیكباشی • (biñbaşı)

1. (military) battalion commander, major (army rank)
2. (military, nautical) commander (navy rank)

Descendants

• Turkish: binbaşı
• → Armenian: պինպաշի (pinpaši), բինբաշի (binbaši)
• → Egyptian Arabic: بكباشي (bimbashi)
• → English: binbashi, bimbashi
• → Macedonian: бимбашија (bimbašija)
• → Serbo-Croatian: bȉmbaša, би̏мбаша
• → Swahili: bimbashi

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بیكباشی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 424