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Czech
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Czech bašta, from Italian bastia.[1][2]
Noun
bašta f
- bastion
- hut on a pond dam
Declension
Declension of bašta (hard feminine)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Uncertain, probably from Italian pasto (“meal”).[3][4]
Noun
bašta f
- (colloquial) enjoyable food
- To je ale bašta! ― What a great food!
Declension
Declension of bašta (hard feminine)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Václav Machek (1968) “bašta 1°”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
- ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “bašta¹”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda
- ^ Václav Machek (1968) “bašta 2°”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
- ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “bašta²”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda
Further reading
- “bašta”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “bašta”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “bašta”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Old Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian bastia.[1][2]
Pronunciation
Noun
bašta f
- bastion (outer projection of a fortification wall, especially a fortification tower)
- siege tower, especially a wooden one
- fortification, fortress
Declension
Descendants
References
- ^ Václav Machek (1968) “bašta 1°”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
- ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “bašta¹”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
From bašča, from Ottoman Turkish باغچه (bâğçe), from Persian باغچه (bâğče), diminutive of باغ (bâğ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bǎːʃta/
- Hyphenation: ba‧šta
Noun
bášta f (Cyrillic spelling ба́шта)
- (Bosnia, regional Croatia, Serbia) garden
- Synonym: vrt
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Hungarian bástya.[1]
Noun
bašta f (Cyrillic spelling башта)
- bastion
Declension
References
- ^ Petar Skok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika, 1971, Z., p. 119
Slovak
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian bastia.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
bašta f
- bastion
- hut on a pond dam
Declension
Declension of
bašta (pattern
žena)
References
Further reading
- “bašta”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024