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Čorbadžić

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Čorbadžić
Language(s)Bosnian
Origin
Language(s)Turkish
Word/nameTurkish: çorbacı
Meaningthe commander of an orta (regiment) of the corps of Janissaries in the Ottoman Empire
Other names
Variant form(s)Chorbadzhi (Чорбаджи), Çorbaxhi, Çorbaxhiu

Čorbadžić is a Bosniak family name. The name derives from Turkish language word çorbacı (sometimes variously transliterated as chorbaji, chorbadzhi)[1]) which was a military rank of the corps of Janissaries in the Ottoman Empire, used for the commander of an orta (regiment or unit of around 400 men),[2] i.e., approximately corresponding to the rank of colonel. The word is pronounced [tʃoɾbaˈdʒɯ] in Turkish and literally means "soup cook", derived from çorba, "soup". Janissaries wore spoons on their head dress, and every rank in the corps were kitchen related.

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  1. ^ TDK Dictionary Online - Çorbacı entry
  2. ^ Niyazi Berkes; Donald Presgrave Little (1976). Essays on Islamic Civilization: Presented to Niyazi Berkes. Brill Archive. p. 254. ISBN 978-90-04-04464-7.