baskın

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See also: Baskin and baskin

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish باصقین, from the same root as basmak.

Noun

baskın (definite accusative baskını, plural baskınlar)

  1. surprise attack, raid
    • 1935 November 13, “Habeş ordusu nihayet taarruza hazırlanıyor”, in Cumhuriyet, Istanbul:
      Habeşler bir gece baskınında İtalyanlardan 10 tank, 12 top, birçok mitralyöz almışlar, yedi İtalyan zabitini öldürmüşler
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Adjective

baskın

  1. (with ablative) more powerful; superior
  2. heavy, oppressing, overpowering
  3. dominant
    Synonym: dominant

References

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “baskın”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “باصقین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 327
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN