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Teke (tribe)
Stuart noted as well subdivision into four clans, the Wakil (variant Wekil), Beg, Suchmuz, and Bukshi:
"The Wakil and Beg clans are collectively called The Suchmuz and Bukshi clans are collectively called Otamish..."
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Turkmen tribes
Stuart in 1830s also noted a subdivision into four clans, the Wakil (another variant is Wekil), Beg, Suchmuz, and Bukshi:
"The Wakil and Beg clans are The Suchmuz and Bukshi clans are collectively called Otamish..."
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bukshee
‖ bukshi, bukshee (ˈbʌkʃiː) Also 7–8 buxy, 8 buxie, buxey, (bakshi, backshee), 9 bucktshy, buckshee. [a. Pers. (& Urd{uacu}) bakhshī, giver, paymaster, f. bakhshīdan to give: cf. baksheesh n. (But see Col. Yule's Hobson-Jobson.)] A high official in native Indian states, properly the Paymaster-Genera...
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buckshee
buckshee, n. and a. slang (orig. Army). (ˈbʌkʃiː, bʌkˈʃiː) [Alteration of baksheesh; cf. bukshi.] A. n. Something extra, free, or to spare; an allowance above the usual amount. B. adj. Free; spare, extra. Hence as adv.1916 Daily Mail 1 Nov. 4/4 ‘Buckshee’ (probably derived from back-sheesh, meaning ...
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sahib
‖ sahib (ˈsɑːɪb, sɑːb) Also 7 sab, sahab, 8–9 saib, 9 saheb, saheeb, 20 saab, sa'ab. [Urdū, use of Arab. {cced}āḥib, orig. ‘friend’.] 1. a. A respectful title used by the natives of India in addressing an Englishman or other European (= ‘Sir’); in native use, an Englishman, a European. Also affixed ...
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