Azerbaijani edit

Other scripts
Cyrillic башламаг
Abjad باشلاماق

Etymology edit

Equivalent to baş (head) +‎ -la. Cognate with Turkish başlamak. Probably from Proto-Turkic, compare Chuvash пуҫла (puśla, to start, transitive).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [bɑʃɫɑˈmɑχ], [bɑʃtɑˈmɑχ]
  • Hyphenation: baş‧la‧maq
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Verb edit

başlamaq

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to start
    Gəlin dərsimizi başlayaq! (transitive use)Let's start our lesson!
    Dərs artıq başladı. (intransitive use)The lesson has already started.

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit