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baş.

head

3 characters1 syllables approx.Türkçe language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbaʃ/

  1. head

    Başım çok ağrıyor.

  2. leader of a group, chief

    Kızılderililerin başı sonunda beyazlarla antlaşma yapmaya ikna oldu.

  3. outset of something

  4. beginning

    İlk başta, biraz endişeliydim.

  5. top, summit

  6. glans penis

    vulgar
    Sünnetsiz olduğu için başı gözüküyor.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish باش (baş, “head”), from Proto-Turkic *baĺč (“head”). Cognate with Karakhanid بَشْ (baš, “head”), Old Turkic 𐰉𐱁 (b¹š /⁠baš⁠/, “head”).

noun/ˈbaʃ/

  1. wound

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Turkic *bāĺ (“wound”).

adj/ˈbaʃ/

  1. first, primal, principal

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish باش (baş, “head”), from Proto-Turkic *baĺč (“head”). Cognate with Karakhanid بَشْ (baš, “head”), Old Turkic 𐰉𐱁 (b¹š /⁠baš⁠/, “head”).

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