باصقین

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• باصقن (baskın), باصقون (baskun), بصقین (baskın), بصقین (baskun)

Etymology

From باصمق (basmak, “to press, overwhelm, surprise”) +‎ ـغن (-gin, -gün, -gın, -gun) / ـقن (-kin, -kün, -kın, -kun, “forming adjectives ‘full of an action’”).

Noun

باصقین • (baskın)

1. a surprise attack
   1. A night attack on an enemy camp
   2. A police raid
2. strength
3. weight
4. the state of being pressed down
5. waterfall

Descendants

• → Armenian: պասխըն (pasxən), բասկըն (baskən)

Adjective

باصقین • (baskın)

1. heavy
2. powerful; overpowering, irresistable

Descendants

• Turkish: baskın

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “باصقین”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 240
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “baskın”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “باصقین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 327