Harambaša

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Harambaša (Serbian Cyrillic: Харамбаша) was the rank for a senior commander of a hajduk band (brigand gangs).

Etymology[]

It is derived from Turkish word for bandit leader (Turkish: haramibaşı; Turkish: haram - "Bandit" + Turkish: baş - "Head"), and was like some other Ottoman Turkish titles adopted into the irregular militias of Montenegrin, Serbian, Croatian rebels (bimbaša, serdar, buljubaša).

Usage[]

See also[]

  • Harambašić, Serbian and Croatian surname
  • Hussar, Hungarian origin light cavalry in Europe, word meaning "the best of twenty" or in Slavic etymology "pirate"
  • Vojvoda, a civil and military administrator of Serbs in the Habsburg Monarchy
  • Korun Aramija
  • Ataman

References[]

  • Hanka Vajzović 1999, Orijentalizmi u književnom djelu: lingvistička analiza, : "harambaša m (tur. harami basi) = vođa hajduka, odmetnika,"
  • The Military Museum, 1968, Fourteen centuries of struggle for freedom, Belgrade (Serbia). Vojni muzej Jugoslovenske narodne armije, p. xxvii
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