باشلق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From باش (baş, “head”) +‎ ـلق (-lık, -luk).

Noun

باشلق • (başlık)

  1. (in general) headgear, anything worn on the head
    Synonym: سرپوش (serpuş)
  2. cowl, a hood that can be pulled forward to cover the face
  3. helmet, a hard, protective head covering used in battle
    Synonym: سرپنك (serpenek)
  4. testiere, the complete armour for a horse's head
  5. capital, the usually decorated uppermost part of a column
  6. timber-capital, a truss of a post supporting a beam

Descendants

  • Turkish: başlık
  • → Albanian: bashllëk
  • → Armenian: պաշլըխ (pašləx), բաշլըղ (bašləġ)
  • → Egyptian Arabic: باشلق (bāšliq)
  • →? Kazakh: башлық (başlyq)
  • → Romanian: ișlic
  • → Russian: башлы́к (bašlýk)
  • → Ubykh: башԯық (baŝlˢək)

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