Where does “başbaxan” come from?
başbaxan (Azerbaijani) comes from Turkish başbakan, from Turkish bakan, from Arabic ناظر, from Arabic نَظَرَ, from Arabic ظ, from Arabic ط, from Nabataean 𐢋, from Classical Syriac ܛ.
başbaxan (Azerbaijani): prime minister
Definitions
- prime minister
Ancestry of “başbaxan”, step by step
başbaxan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish başbakan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | başbakan | prime minister |
| 2 | Turkish | bakan | minister |
| 3 | Arabic | ناظر | active participle of نَظَرَ; observer, viewer,... |
| 4 | Arabic | نَظَرَ | to look; to perceive with the eyes; to see |
| 5 | Arabic | ظ | — |
| 6 | Arabic | ط | ط |
| 7 | Nabataean | 𐢋 | — |
| 8 | Classical Syriac | ܛ | number nine |
| 9 | Aramaic | ט | — |
| 10 | Aramaic | 𐡈 | A letter of the Imperial Aramaic alphabet, named teth, transliterated as Latin ṭ |
| 11 | Egyptian | 𓄤 | — |
via Azerbaijani baş
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Azerbaijani | baş | head; beginning; end, side |