başak
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Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish باشاق (başak), itself from Proto-Turkic *bašaq (“ear”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: ba‧şak
Noun
[edit]başak (definite accusative başağı, plural başaklar)
- (botany) ear, spike, head, the fruiting body of a grain plant
- (weaponry) arrowhead, the pointed part of an arrow
- Synonym: temren
- (in harvesting) fallen or left behind ear of corn in a field
Declension
[edit]Inflection | ||
---|---|---|
Nominative | başak | |
Definite accusative | başağı | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | başak | başaklar |
Definite accusative | başağı | başakları |
Dative | başağa | başaklara |
Locative | başakta | başaklarda |
Ablative | başaktan | başaklardan |
Genitive | başağın | başakların |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “başak1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 493
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “başak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük