başa salmaq

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word başa salmaq. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word başa salmaq, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say başa salmaq in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word başa salmaq you have here. The definition of the word başa salmaq will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofbaşa salmaq, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic баша салмаг
Abjad باشا سالماق

Etymology

Literally, "to put into head".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • (file)

Verb

başa salmaq

  1. (ditransitive) to explain something to someone
    Synonyms: izah etmək, açıqlamaq
    kiməsə nəsə başa salmaqto explain something to someone
    Mən bunu başa düşmürəm, kimsə bunu mənə başa sala bilər?
    I don't understand this, can someone explain this to me?

Usage notes

  • Başa salmaq is only used in the sense 'to explain something to someone who doesn't understand'. For the sense 'to give an adequate explanation to something previously unexplained or unknown, to explain a puzzling phenomenon' etc, izah etmək is used instead.

Conjugation

References