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