бас

• IPA^(key): [bas]

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Borrowed from French basse, and Italian basso, whence also obsolete ба́со (báso). бас (bas) is from 1863, whereas ба́со (báso) sees use starting from 1862, but has since disappeared from use.

бас • (bas) m

1. (music) bass (a low spectrum of sound tones)
2. (music) bass, basso (male singer who sings in the bass range)
3. (music) bass, double bass (an instrument that plays in the bass range)

• (obsolete) ба́со (báso)

From Ottoman Turkish بحث (bahs), whence Modern Turkish bahis.

бас • (bas) m

1. bet, wager

• хва́щам се на ба́с (hváštam se na bás)

• “бас”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “бас”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• “бас”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 45
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1971), “бас, басо”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 1 (А – З), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 35

From Proto-Turkic *baĺč (“head”).

бас • (bas)

1. (anatomy) head

Borrowed from Russian бас (bas).

• IPA^(key): /bɑs/
• Rhymes: -ɑs
• Hyphenation: бас

бас • (bas) (music)

1. bass (voice)
2. bass strings, bass keys

   гармоньчо гармоньын басшым терген онча

   garmońčo garmońyn basšym tergen onča

   the accordion player is checking the accordion's bass keys

• J. Bradley et al. (2023) “бас”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna

From Proto-Turkic *baĺč (“head”).

бас • (bas)

1. head
2. chief, leader
3. start, beginning

Borrowed from Russian бас (bas), from German Bass, from Italian basso, from Latin bassus.

бас • (bas)

1. bass (voice)
2. bass (singer)

бас • (bas)

1. active imperative of басу (basu)

• IPA^(key): [bas]

бас • (bas) m

1. bass (voice)
2. bass (singer)
3. bass (instrument)

Compare Khitan 𘮽𘯢 (b-as, “again”)

бас • (bas) (Mongolian spelling ᠪᠠᠰᠠ (basa))

1. also, and, either, else, likewise, too, yet

   Эдгээр хандлага нь бодлого тодорхойлдог буюу эрх мэдэлтнүүдийн хувьд эерэг сайн алдар хүнд олох бас нэг боломж юм.

• бас л (bas l)
• бас бус (bas bus)
• бас дахин (bas daxin)

• ба (ba)
• болон (bolon)
• бөгөөд (bögööd)

бас • (bas) (Mongolian spelling ᠪᠠᠰᠠ (basa))

1. another, other

From Proto-Turkic *baĺč.^[1][2] Cognate to Karakalpak bas, etc.

бас • (bas)

1. head (part of the body)

• IPA^(key): [bas]

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• Rhymes: -as

бас • (bas) m inan or m anim (genitive ба́са, nominative plural басы́, genitive plural басо́в)

1. bass (voice)
2. bass (singer)

• басистый (basistyj)
• баси́ть (basítʹ)
• басовый (basovyj)

• → Eastern Mari: бас (bas)
• → Kazakh: бас (bas)
• → Yakut: бас (bas)

Borrowed from German Bass, from Italian basso, from Latin bassus.

• IPA^(key): /bâs/

ба̏с m anim (Latin spelling bȁs)

1. bass

• “бас”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Borrowed from German Bass, from Italian basso, from Latin bassus.

• IPA^(key): [bas]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -as
• Hyphenation: бас

бас • (bas) m inan (genitive ба́су, uncountable, relational adjective басо́вий or басови́й)

1. (music) bass

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “бас”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• “бас”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *baĺč (“head”).

Cognate with Chuvash пуҫ (puś), Khalaj baş, Turkish baş, Uzbek bosh, Bashkir баш (baş) and Tuvan баш (baş).

бас • (bas)

1. (anatomy) head

   Synonym: төбө (töbö)

2. beginning, source

• олох (oloq, “basis, base”)
• төрүт (törüt, “root, origin”)
• түгэх (tügeq, “base, basis”)

• бүтүү (bütüü, “end”)
• түгэх (tügeq, “bottom, base”)

• бас бэринэр (bas beriner, “subordinate”, adjective)
• бас быата (bas bıata, “bridle”)

• бастаа (bastaa, “to go first”)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

бас • (bas)

1. (transitive) to scoop (liquid or something bulky)

   уута бас ― uuta bas ― to scoop water

   буорда бас ― buorda bas ― to scoop soil

Borrowed from Russian бас (bas).

бас • (bas)

1. (music) bass

• Pekarskij, E. K. (1959) “бас”, in Словарь якутского языка [Yakut Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Russian), volume I, a reprint of the original thirteen fascicles appearing 1907–1930, Moscow: Academy Press, columns 388-390