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Bektash

Bektash proper noun: the founder of the Bektashi Sufi order.

Proper noun

Bektash

  1. The founder of the Bektashi Sufi order.

Origin of Bektash

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بَكتاش (Bektâş).

Words formed from Bektash

Questions about Bektash

What does Bektash mean?
Bektash means the founder of the Bektashi Sufi order.
What part of speech is Bektash?
Bektash is a proper noun.

Words near Bektash in the dictionary

  1. beknown
  2. beknownst
  3. beknows
  4. Bekobod
  5. beks
  6. Bektash
  7. Bektashi
  8. Bektashis
  9. Bektashism
  10. bel
  11. Bel & Dr.

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