başlamaq

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic башламаг
Abjad باشلاماق

Etymology

Equivalent to baş (“head”) +‎ -la. Cognate with Turkish başlamak. Probably from Proto-Turkic, compare Chuvash пуҫла (puśla, “to start”, transitive).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɑʃɫɑˈmɑχ], [bɑʃtɑˈmɑχ]
  • Hyphenation: baş‧la‧maq
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Verb

başlamaq

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to start
    Gəlin dərsimizi başlayaq! (transitive use) ― Let's start our lesson!
    Dərs artıq başladı. (intransitive use) ― The lesson has already started.

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Derived terms

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