Where does “ҡыҙылбаш” come from?

ҡыҙылбаш (Bashkir) comes from Bashkir ҡыҙыл, from Proto-Turkic kïŕïl, from Proto-Turkic kï̄ŕ- — to be hot, glow, redden.

ҡыҙылбаш (Bashkir): a Qizilbash

Definitions

  1. a Qizilbash

Ancestry of “ҡыҙылбаш”, step by step

ҡыҙылбаш traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bashkir ҡыҙыл

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bashkirҡыҙылred
2Proto-Turkickïŕïlred
3Proto-Turkickï̄ŕ-to be hot, glow, redden

via Bashkir баш

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bashkirбашhead; intelligence, intellect, mental aptitude or...
2Proto-Turkicbaĺčhead; beginning
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