باشاق

Old Anatolian Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *baĺak.[1]

Noun

بَاشَاقْ • (başaq)

  1. head of a sharp weapon such as a spear, spade, and especially of an arrow
  2. ear of a grain

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: başaq
  • Gagauz: başak
  • Ottoman Turkish: باشاق (başak)
    • Turkish: başak
    • → Armenian: բաշաղ (bašaġ), բաշախ (bašax), պաշաղ (pašaġ), պաշախ (pašax)

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “başak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

  • Boeschoten, Hendrik (2022) “bašaq”, in A Dictionary of Early Middle Turkic (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.169), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 75

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish بَاشَاقْ (başaq), from Proto-Turkic *baĺak; equivalent to باش (baş, “head”) +‎ ـاق (-ak, noun and adjective diminutive suffix). Cognate with Azerbaijani başaq, Bashkir башаҡ (başaq), Kazakh масақ (masaq), Southern Altai мажак (mažak) and Uzbek bоshоq.

Noun

باشاق • (başak)

  1. head of a sharp weapon such as a spear, spade, and especially of an arrow
  2. (botany) ear, spike, head, the fruiting body of a grain plant
    Synonyms: خوشه (huşe), سنبله (sunbule)
  3. (in harvesting) fallen or left behind ear of corn in a field
  4. small, straggling bunch of grapes or dates left on the tree after the fruit is gathered

Derived terms

  • باشاق باغلامق (başak bağlamak, “to come into ear”)
  • باشاق طوتمق (başak tutmak, “to come into ear”)
  • باشاقجی (başakcı, “gleaner”)
  • باشاقسز (başaksız, “earless, spikeless”)
  • باشاقلانمق (başaklanmak, “to come into ear, to ear”)
  • باشاقلو (başaklı, “eared; with gleanings left”)
  • قره باشاق (kara başak, “rye”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: başak
  • → Armenian: բաշաղ (bašaġ), բաշախ (bašax), պաշաղ (pašaġ), պաշախ (pašax)

Further reading

Uyghur

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai باشاق (bašaq), from Karakhanid بَشَقْ (bašaq), from Proto-Turkic *baĺak, derived from *baĺč (“head”).[1] Cognates with Turkish başak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɑʃɑq/

Noun

باشاق • (bashaq) (plural باشاقلار (bashaqlar))

  1. grain ear, spike

References

  1. ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “1 başak”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 378

Further reading

  • Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN
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