Where does “بیڭباشی” come from?

بیڭباشی (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish باش, from Old Anatolian Turkish بَاشْ, from Proto-Turkic baĺč — head; beginning.

بیڭباشی (Ottoman Turkish): lieutenant colonel

Definitions

  1. lieutenant colonel

Ancestry of “بیڭباشی”, step by step

بیڭباشی traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish باش

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishباشhead; chief, master, leader, head; prow, bow,...
2Old Anatolian Turkishبَاشْ—
3Proto-Turkicbaĺčhead; beginning

via Ottoman Turkish بیڭ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishبیڭthousand
2Ottoman Turkishبیكthousand
3Proto-Turkicbïŋthousand

Words derived from “بیڭباشی”

Every word from Proto-Turkic baĺč →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish بَاشْ →Every word from Ottoman Turkish باش →