başkan
(Redirected from bashkan)
Gagauz edit
Etymology edit
Apparently combines the Turkic root baş(i) (“head”) and the (originally Mongol, widely adopted) polyvalent title Kan.
Noun edit
başkan
- Title of the governor of the Gagauz-Yeri Autonomous Region (since 19 June 1995) within independent Moldova.
Further reading edit
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Old Turkic 𐰉𐱁𐰴𐰣 (bašɣan, “leader”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
başkan (definite accusative başkanı, plural başkanlar)