Qizilbash

English

Alternative forms

Kizilbash, Kyzylbash, Qezelbash, Qyzylbash
Kuzelbash, Kuzzilbash (archaic)

Etymology

From a Turkic language, meaning “red head”.

Noun

Qizilbash (plural Qizilbash or Qizilbashes)

A member of the Turkmen tribes who formed the basis of the military power of the Safavids.

Translations

Translations

Armenian: ղզլբաշ (hy) (ġzlbaš)
Azerbaijani: qızılbaş
Bashkir: ҡыҙылбаш (qıźılbaş)
Georgian: ყიზილბაში (q̇izilbaši)
Kazakh: қызылбас (qyzylbas)
Kyrgyz: кызылбаш (kızılbaş)
Ossetian: хъызылбаш (qyzylbaš)
Persian: قزلباش (qezelbâš)
Russian: кызылба́ш (ru) m (kyzylbáš)
Tajik: қизилбош (qizilboš)
Tatar: кызылбаш (tt) (qızılbaş)
Turkish: Kızılbaş (tr)
Turkmen: gyzylbaş
Uzbek: qizilbosh (uz)

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