Ottoman Turkish edit

 
باشاقلر

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *baĺak; equivalent to باش (baş, head) +‎ ـاق (-ak, noun and adjective diminutive suffix). Cognate with Azerbaijani başaq, Bashkir башаҡ (başaq), Kazakh масақ (masaq), Southern Altai мажак (mažak) and Uzbek bоshоq.

Noun edit

باشاق (başak)

  1. (botany) ear, spike, head, the fruiting body of a grain plant
    Synonyms: خوشه (huşe), سنبله (sunbule)
  2. (in harvesting) fallen or left behind ear of corn in a field
  3. small, straggling bunch of grapes or dates left on the tree after the fruit is gathered

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: başak

Further reading edit

Uyghur edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Chagatai باشاق (bašaq), from Karakhanid بَشَقْ (bašaq), from Proto-Turkic *baĺak, derived from *baĺč (head).[1] Cognates with Turkish başak.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

باشاق (bashaq) (plural باشاقلار (bashaqlar))

  1. grain ear, spike

References edit

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “1 başak”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 378

Further reading edit

  • Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN