başabaş

Gagauz

Etymology

Literally, “head to head”

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɑʃɑˈbɑʃ/
  • Hyphenation: ba‧şa‧baş

Adverb

başabaş

  1. equally, in a balanced manner

Further reading

  • N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “башабаш”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 75
  • Baskakov, N. A. (1991) “başabaş”, in İsmail Kaynak, A. Mecit Doğru, transl., Gagauz Türkçesinin Sözlüğü [The Dictionary of Gagauz Turkish] (in Turkish), Ankara: Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları, page 30
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