башка
Kyrgyz edit
Etymology edit
Compare to Uzbek boshqa, Turkish başka, etc.
Adjective edit
башка • (başka) (comparative [please provide], superlative [please provide], Arabic spelling باشقا)
Macedonian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish باشقه (Turkish başka).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
башка • (baška) (not comparable)
Adverb edit
башка • (baška) (not comparable)
- separately
- that's another matter
Russian edit
Etymology edit
From a Turkic language, probably a borrowing of a dative singular form attested in Kipchak languages; compare Tatar баш (baş, “head”), Bashkir башҡа (başqa, literally “head.SG.DAT”).
Initial (in 17th century) meaning 'head of a large fish' implies an origin related to fish trade in South Russia (e.g. on Volga and Don).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
башка́ • (bašká) f inan (genitive башки́, nominative plural башки́, genitive plural башо́к)
- (colloquial, derogatory) pate, noggin, bonce (slang word for head, part of the body)
- Поду́май свое́й башко́й о после́дствиях!
- Podúmaj svojéj baškój o poslédstvijax!
- Use your noggin, think of the consequences!
Declension edit
Related terms edit
- баш (baš), баш на баш (baš na baš)
- башлы́к (bašlýk)
- башибузу́к (bašibuzúk)
Descendants edit
- → Polish: baśka
See also edit
- голова́ (golová) (neutral term)
References edit
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “башка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Southern Altai edit
Etymology edit
Compare to Kyrgyz башка (başka), Kazakh басқа (basqa), Uzbek boshqa, Turkish başka, etc.
Adjective edit
башка • (baška)