başa salmaq

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic баша салмаг
Roman başa salmaq
Perso-Arabic باشا سالماق

Etymology

From başa (dative of baş (head)) + salmaq (to put). Literally, "to put into head".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɑˈʃɑ sɑɫˈmɑχ]

Verb

başa salmaq

  1. (ditransitive) to explain something to someone
    kiməsə nəsə başa salmaqto explain something to someone
    Mən bunu başa düşmürəm, kimsə bunu mənə başa sala bilər?
    I don't understand this, can someone explain this to me?
    Synonyms: izah etmək, açıqlamaq

Conjugation

Usage notes

  • Başa salmaq is only used in the sense 'to explain something to someone who doesn't understand'. For the sense 'to give an adequate explanation to something previously unexplained or unknown, to explain a puzzling phenomenon' etc, izah etmək is used instead.

References

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