basmaq

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic басмаг
Roman basmaq
Perso-Arabic باسماق

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bas- (to press).[1] Cognate with Turkish basmak (to press, print).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɑsˈmɑχ]
  • Hyphenation: bas‧maq

Verb

basmaq

  1. (transitive) to press, push
    Düyməni bas, işıq yansın.Push the button, and the light goes on.
  2. (transitive) to defeat
    Synonyms: məğlub etmək, yenmək, qalib gəlmək
  3. (transitive) to run over, hit (by car)
    Synonym: vurmaq
  4. (transitive, dated) to print
    Synonym: çap etmək

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • basdırmaq (to bury)
    • basdırılmaq (to be buried)
  • basqın (attack)
  • basılmaq (to be defeated)

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), *press-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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