noun, masculine

bachi-bouzouk

/ba.ʃi.bu.zuk/

noun, masculine/ba.ʃi.bu.zuk/plural: bachi-bouzouks

bashi-bazouk (an irregular soldier in the Ottoman army)

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish باشی بوزوق (başıbozuk, literally “broken head”).

bachi-bouzouk — French Dictionary | Passage