big shot (person with a reputation of importance)
çekim: çoğul jefazos
köken: From jefe + -azo.
pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of mandachuva; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
çekim: çoğul manda-chuvas
supporting pillar · pillar (important person providing support)
çekim: çoğul stöttepelares · tamlayan stöttepelares
köken: stötta + -e- + pelare. Attested since the 15th century in the literal sense and since 1913 in the figurative sense. Compare German Stützpfeiler.
big cheese, bigwig
çekim: çoğul grube ryby · tamlayan grubej ryby
eş: figura, oficjel, rekin, szyszka, szycha, ważniak
köken: Literally, “big fish”.
kingpin (the most important person in an undertaking or organization)
çekim: çoğul napamiehet · tamlayan napamiehen
köken: napa + mies
with a head, having a head · capitate (having a distinct globular tip)
çekim: çoğul fejesek
zıt: fejetlen
köken: fej (“head”) + -es (“having”, adjective-forming suffix)
aile: fejescsont, fejesugrás, fejes saláta
cock of the walk, champion · kingpin, leader, leading or top figure, boss, big wheel · mastermind
çekim: çoğul gembong-gembong
köken: Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦺꦩ꧀ꦧꦺꦴꦁ (gémbong, “leader”).
aile: gembong kartel, gembong mafia, gembong narkoba, gembong teroris