𐰉𐰽

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Old Turkic

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bas- (to press). Cognate with Chuvash пус (pus), Khalaj basmaq, Turkish basmak, Bashkir баҫыу (baśıw), Yakut баттаа (battaa). Compare also Hungarian baszik, a Turkic borrowing.

Verb

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𐰉𐰽 (bas-)

  1. (intransitive) to press, collapse
    • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E22
      𐰇𐰔𐰀:𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃:𐰉𐰽𐰢𐰽𐰺:𐰽𐰺𐰀:𐰘𐰃𐰼:𐱅𐰠𐰤𐰢𐰾𐰼:𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣:𐰠𐰭𐰤:𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰇𐰭𐰤:𐰚𐰢:𐰺𐱃𐱃𐰃:𐰆𐰑𐰀𐰲𐰃
      üze:teŋri:basmasar:asra:yér:telinmeser:türük:bodun:éliŋin:törüŋün:kém:artatï:udačï
      If the sky above did not collapse and if the earth below did not give away, O Turkic people, who would be able to destroy your state and institutions?
  2. (transitive) to raid, attack, suppress
    • 8th century CE, Kültegin Inscription, E35
      𐰶𐰃𐰺𐰴𐰔:𐰉𐰆𐰑𐰣𐰍:𐰆𐰑𐰀:𐰉𐰽𐰑𐰢𐰔
      qïrqïz:bodunïγ:uda:basdïmïz
      ...and fell upon the Kyrgyz people while they were asleep.

Derived terms

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References

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  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “bas-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 309
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “bas-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 370
  • Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bas-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill