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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish باشمق (başmak, “shoe, high-heeled shoe”), from Proto-Turkic *baĺmak (“boot, shoe”).
Pronunciation
Noun
başmak
- (dialectal) various sorts of mostly flat-bottomed shoes: sandal, clog, slipper
- Synonym: ayakkabı
Further reading
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “başmak”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 139
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “başmak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 499
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “باشمق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 240a