باصقین

Ottoman Turkish edit

Alternative forms edit

باصقن (baskın), باصقون (baskun), بصقین (baskın), بصقین (baskun)

Etymology edit

From باصمق (basmak, “to press, overwhelm, surprise”) +‎ ـغن (-gin, -gün, -gın, -gun) / ـقن (-kin, -kün, -kın, -kun, “forming adjectives ‘full of an action’”).

Noun edit

باصقین • (baskın)

a surprise attack
1. A night attack on an enemy camp
2. A police raid
strength
weight
the state of being pressed down
waterfall

Descendants edit

→ Armenian: պասխըն (pasxən), բասկըն (baskən)

Adjective edit

باصقین • (baskın)

Descendants edit

Turkish: baskın

References edit

Kélékian, Diran (1911) “باصقین”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 240
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “baskın”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “باصقین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 327