baş aşağı
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish باش آشاغی (baş aşağı),[1][2] from باش (baş) + آشاغی (aşağı),[3][4] equivalent to baş (“head”) + aşağı (“down, downwards”), literally “head downwards”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]- In a way that the top or head is at the bottom; upside down, inverted.
- Synonyms: tepetakla, tepetaklak
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890), “باش آشاغی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 324
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911), “باش آشاغی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 239
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “baş”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “aşağı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
[edit]- “baş aşağı”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “baş aşağı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 484