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)

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “بوزوق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], 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