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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From باصمق (basmak, “to press, overwhelm, surprise”) + ـغن (-gin, -gün, -gın, -gun) / ـقن (-kin, -kün, -kın, -kun, “forming adjectives ‘full of an action’”).
Noun
باصقین • (baskın)
- a surprise attack
- A night attack on an enemy camp
- A police raid
- strength
- weight
- the state of being pressed down
- waterfall
Descendants
Adjective
باصقین • (baskın)
- heavy
- powerful; overpowering, irresistable
Descendants
References
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “باصقین”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 240
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “baskın”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “باصقین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 327