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Akbash

Akbash noun: a dog of a breed native to Turkey, primarily used as livestock guardian dogs or shepherd dogs.

akbash: a dog of a breed native to Turkey, primarily used as livestock guardian dogs or shepherd dogs
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Noun

Akbash (plural Akbashes)

  1. A dog of a breed native to Turkey, primarily used as livestock guardian dogs or shepherd dogs.

Forms of Akbash

pluralAkbashes

Origin of Akbash

Borrowed from Turkish Akbaş (literally “white head”).

Questions about Akbash

What does Akbash mean?
Akbash means a dog of a breed native to Turkey, primarily used as livestock guardian dogs or shepherd dogs.
What part of speech is Akbash?
Akbash is a noun.
What is the plural of Akbash?
The plural of Akbash is Akbashes.

Words near Akbash in the dictionary

  1. Akbari
  2. Akbarian
  3. Akbarians
  4. Akbaris
  5. Akbars
  6. Akbash
  7. Akbashes
  8. AKC
  9. akche
  10. akcheh
  11. akchehs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Akbash (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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