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Etymology edit

Compound of baş (head) +‎ göz (eye) +‎ olmak (to be, to become), literally to be head-and-eye. Cognate with Kazakh бас-көз болу (bas-köz bolu, to take care of), Yakut бас-көс (bas-kös, leader), Turkmen gözli-başly bolmak.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /baʃˈɟœz.ol.mak/
  • Hyphenation: baş‧göz‧ol‧mak

Verb edit

baş göz olmak (third-person singular simple present baş göz olur)

  1. (intransitive, colloquial, idiomatic) To marry, to get married.

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