باشی بوزوق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

باش (baş, “head”) +‎ بوزوق (bozuk, “broken, in poor condition, (military) irregular”)

Noun

باشی بوزوق • (başıbozuk)

  1. irregular soldier
  2. civilian

Descendants

  • Turkish: başıbozuk
  • → Armenian: բաշիբոզուկ (bašibozuk)
  • → English: bashi-bazouk
  • → French: bachi-bouzouk
  • → Greek: βασιβουζούκος (vasivouzoúkos)
  • → Romanian: bașibuzuc

References

  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بوزوق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 287
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “başıbozuk”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “بوزق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 398
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
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