башня

Russian

Etymology

First recorded in the 1st Pskov manuscript. Often used in the 17th century. Inherited from Old East Slavic башта (bašta) from Italian bastia via Polish baszta or Czech bašta. The ending was influenced by the suffix -ня (-nja), which creates nouns of place, as in па́шня (pášnja), тамо́жня (tamóžnja).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbaʂnʲə]
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Noun

ба́шня • (bášnja) f inan (genitive ба́шни, nominative plural ба́шни, genitive plural ба́шен, relational adjective ба́шенный, diminutive ба́шенка)

  1. tower
    вавило́нская ба́шня ― vavilónskaja bášnja ― the tower of Babel
    водонапо́рная ба́шня ― vodonapórnaja bášnja ― water tower
    Э́йфелева ба́шня ― Éjfeleva bášnja ― Eiffel Tower
    ба́шня из слоно́вой ко́сти ― bášnja iz slonóvoj kósti ― ivory tower
    сторожева́я ба́шня ― storoževája bášnja ― watchtower
  2. (military) turret (rotating gun installation)
    оруди́йная ба́шня ― orudíjnaja bášnja ― gun turret, artillery turret

Declension

Derived terms

  • безба́шенный (bezbášennyj)

Descendants

  • → Kildin Sami: башня (bašnja)
  • → Uzbek: bashnya

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “башня”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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