باصمق

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bas- (“to press”).

Verb

باصمق • (basmak)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to press
2. (transitive) to impress, to print
3. (transitive) to coin (money)
4. (transitive) to step on
5. (transitive) to overwhelm; to make a surprise attack on
6. (intransitive) to sit, to brood
7. (intransitive) (for something unpleasant) to set in
8. (intransitive) to settle or sag

Descendants

• Turkish: basmak

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “باصمق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 241
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “باصمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 327