башлау

Bashkir

Etymology

From *bašla- (“to begin sth.”), from Proto-Turkic *baĺč (“head; beginning”).

Note that postulation of Proto-Turkic *baĺč-la- (“to begin”) is problematic, as no derivatives are attested in Orkhon Turkic, Yakut, Tuva or Tofalar. The Chuvash verb may have formed in contact and by analogy with the Kypchak languages.

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (bašla-, “to begin”); Uzbek boshlamoq, Uyghur باشلىماق (bashlimaq), Kumyk башламакъ (başlamaq), Azerbaijani başlamaq, Turkish başlamak, Chuvash пуҫла (puśla, “to begin”), etc. See баштау (baştaw) for more cognates.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɑʂ.ɫɑ-]

Verb

башлау • (başlaw)

1. (intransitive) to begin (sth., to do sth.)

   Бүреләр ауылға яҡын килһә, эттәр өрә башлай.

   Bürelər awılğa jaqın kilhə, ɛttər örə başlaj.

   If wolves come close to the village, dogs begin to bark.

   Ниңә иртәрәк килмәнегеҙ, фәлән-төгән тип һуҡрана башланы.

   Niŋə irtərək kilmənegeź, fələn-tögən tip huqrana başlanı.

   (He) started to grumble: "Why didn't you come earlier" and so on and so forth.

2. (transitive) to initiate, launch

Alternative forms

• баштау (baştaw) (Eastern Bashkir)