Qizilbash

English

Alternative forms

• Kizilbash, Kyzylbash, Qezelbash, Qyzylbash
• Kuzelbash, Kuzzilbash (archaic)

Etymology

From a Turkic language, meaning “red head”.

Noun

Qizilbash (plural Qizilbash or Qizilbashes)

1. A member of the Turkmen tribes who formed the basis of the military power of the Safavids.

Translations

Translations

• Armenian: ղզլբաշ (hy) (ġzlbaš)
• Azerbaijani: qızılbaş
• Bashkir: ҡыҙылбаш (qıźılbaş)
• Georgian: ყიზილბაში (q̇izilbaši)
• Kazakh: қызылбас (qyzylbas)
• Kyrgyz: кызылбаш (kızılbaş)
• Ossetian: хъызылбаш (qyzylbaš)
• Persian: قزلباش (qezelbâš)
• Russian: кызылба́ш (ru) m (kyzylbáš)
• Tajik: қизилбош (qizilboš)
• Tatar: кызылбаш (tt) (qızılbaş)
• Turkish: Kızılbaş (tr)
• Turkmen: gyzylbaş
• Uzbek: qizilbosh (uz)