başkumandan
Turkish
editEtymology
editbaş (“head”) + kumandan (“commander”)
Noun
editbaşkumandan (definite accusative başkumandanı, plural başkumandanlar)
- (military) commander in chief
- 1929 March 22, “Mareşal Foch dün vefat etti”, in İkdam:
- Bu adam harpta itilâf başkumandanı idi.
- This man was commander-in-chief on the Allied battlefield.
References
edit- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN