باشاق

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Ottoman Turkish

باشاقلر

Etymology

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

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

Descendants

  • Turkish: başak

Further reading

Uyghur

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

باشاق (bashaq) (plural باشاقلار (bashaqlar))

  1. grain ear, spike

References

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

Further reading

  • 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