başqa

See also: basqa

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		башга
Arabic		باشقا

Etymology

By surface analysis, baş +‎ -qa. Compare özgə (“other”), derived from öz using the same suffix. Compare Turkish başka, Turkmen başga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɑʃˈkɑ], [bɑʃˈɡɑ]

• Audio (Baku):

  (file)

Adjective

başqa (comparative daha başqa, superlative ən başqa, intensive bambaşqa)

1. different

   Synonyms: digər, özgə, ayrı, qeyri, sair

Determiner

başqa

1. another

   Synonyms: o biri, özgə, ayrı

Postposition

başqa [with ablative]

1. except for, other than, besides

   Synonyms: savayı, qeyri (dated or formal)

Further reading

• Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “başqa”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎^[1] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 1, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, page 242
• Altun Kitab (2013–), “başqa”, in Azleks

Salar

Arabic		بَشْقا/باشقا

Etymology

Cognate with Azerbaijani başqa, Gagauz and Turkish başka, Turkmen başga, etc.

Pronunciation

• (Hualong, Xunhua, Qinghai; Gansu; Ili, Xinjiang) IPA^(key): /pɑʃqɑ/

Adjective

başqa

1. other, else

   Başqa yerdın gelğen alim bixidir, başqa yerdın alğen yarmaq ullıdır.

   Learning from elsewhere is held in high regard; things bought from elsewhere come at a high price.

References

• Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “pašqa, paʃqa”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow: Nauka, page 439
• 阿伊草·张进锋 [Salar: Ayso Cañ Cinfen] (2008), 乌璐别格 [Salar: Ulubeğ], 鄭初陽 [Salar: Çuyañ Yebey oğlı Ceñ], editors, 撒拉尔谚语 [Salar: Salar İbret Sözler, Salar Proverbs]‎^[2], China Salar Youth League, page 86
• 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1992), “başqa”, in 撒拉汉汉撒拉词汇 [Salar-Chinese, Chinese-Salar Vocabulary], 成都 [Chéngdū]: 四川民族出版社, →ISBN, page 27
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “başqa”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[3], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 56
• 马伟 [Ma Wei], 朝克 [Chaoke] (2014), “başqa”, in 撒拉语366条会话读本 [Salar 366 Conversation Reader]‎^[4], 1^st edition, 社会科学文献出版社 [Social Science Literature Press], →ISBN, page 33,299