батпақ

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic باتپاق
Cyrillic батпақ
Latin batpaq
Yañalif ʙatpaq

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bat-gak (“sticky mud, bog”), from *bat- (“to sink, get bogged/stuck in mud”). Cognate with Bashkir батҡаҡ (batqaq), Kyrgyz баткак (batkak), Southern Altai баткак (batkak), Shor патқақ (patqaq), Karachay-Balkar батхакъ (batxaq, “clay, mud”), Uzbek botqoq, Uyghur پاتقاق (patqaq, “sticky mud, bog”), Turkmen batga (“swamp, bog”), Turkish batak (“swamp, bog”), etc.

Noun

батпақ • (batpaq)

  1. swamp, bog, marsh
    батпаққа айналып кету ― batpaqqa ainalyp ketu ― to turn into swamp
    Батпаққа аяқ батады. ― Batpaqqa aäq batady. ― Legs are stuck in a swamp.
    батпақ атбұршағы ― batpaq atbūrşağy ― marsh pea (Lathyrus palustris)

Declension

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