Language(s) | Bosnian |
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Origin | |
Language(s) | Turkish |
Word/name | Turkish: çorbacı |
Meaning | the 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.