basmaq

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic басмаг
Abjad باسماق

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

basmaq (transitive)

  1. to press, push
    Düyməni bas, işıq yansın. ― Push the button, and the light goes on.
    düyməyə/düyməni basmaq ― to push the button
  2. to defeat
    Synonyms: məğlub etmək, yenmək, qalib gəlmək
  3. to run over, hit (by car)
    Synonym: vurmaq
  4. to overcome (to overwhelm with emotions)
    Synonym: yenmək
    Bu insanların içini paxıllıq basib. ― The inner of these people is overcome by envy.
    Yuxu məni basdı. ― I was overcome by sleepiness.
    Məni dəhşətli bir yorğunluq basdı. ― I was overcome by a terrible tiredness.
  5. to flood (to overflow, as by water from excessive rainfall)
    Metronu su basdı. ― The subway was flooded.
    • 2013 January 7, FaktXəbər‎:
      Müstəqillikdən sonra sələmçi qruplar yağışdan sonra göbələk kimi ölkəni basıb.
      After the independence, moneylender groups flooded the country like mushrooms after rain.
  6. to be overgrown with
    Yolları ot basmışdı. ― The roads were overgrown with grass.
  7. (dated) to print
    Synonym: çap etmək
  8. (colloquial, agriculture) to mount, to get on top of (an animal) to mate, to cover
    Synonym: sürmək

Conjugation

Derived terms

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

Further reading

Khalaj

Perso-Arabic باسماق

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bas-.

Pronunciation

  • (Xarrâbî) IPA(key): [basˈmaq]

Verb

basmaq (third-person singular aorist basar, second person singular imperative bası, basıır)

  1. to press, to push

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
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