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Old Turkic
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Turkic *bas- (“to press”), equivalent to 𐰉𐰽 (bas-, “to press”) + 𐰣 (-ïn).
Verb
𐰉𐰽𐰣 (basïn-)
- (intransitive) to be overwhelmed
8th century CE, Tonyukuk Inscription, IIW4:𐰔:𐱅𐰘𐰤:𐰤𐰀:𐰉𐰽𐰣𐰞𐰢- az:téyin:ne:basïnalïm
- Why should we feel overwhelmed because of being few?
- (intransitive) to sink
9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 46:𐰉𐰽𐰃𐰣𐰆:𐰘𐰃𐰢𐰃𐰾:𐰇𐰔𐰃𐰤:𐱅𐰃𐰠𐰛𐰇:𐰘𐰃𐰢𐰃𐰾:𐱅𐰃𐰼- basïnu:yémiš:özin:tilkü:yémiš:tér
- It kept on eating while sinking down, (but) itself was eaten by a fox, it says.
References
- Tekin, Talât (1968) “basïn-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 309
- Tekin, Talât (1993) “b(a)s(ı)n-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 51
- Clauson, Gerard (1972) “basın-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 374