başkan

Apparently combines the Turkic root baş(i) (“head”) and the (originally Mongol, widely adopted) polyvalent title Kan.

başkan

1. Title of the governor of the Gagauz-Yeri Autonomous Region (since 19 June 1995) within independent Moldova.

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Learned borrowing from Old Turkic 𐰉𐱁𐰴𐰣 (bašɣan, “leader”), itself from Proto-Turkic [Term?].

• IPA^(key): /bɑʃˈkɑn/

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başkan (definite accusative başkanı, plural başkanlar)

1. president
2. mayor
3. chairman

• başkanlık