baş

• bashu
• bash

baş

1. alternative form of bash

• The spelling of this word using the ş is following the standard (Daco-) Romanian orthography. The normal way of spelling it in Aromanian is with 'sh' as in the form bashu or bash.

From Proto-Turkic *baĺč (“head”).

• IPA^(key): [bɑʃ]

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baş (definite accusative başı, plural başlar)

1. (anatomy) head

   Başında papaq var. ― S/he is wearing a hat. (literally, “There is a hat on his/her head.”)

2. (of cattle) head (a single animal)

   on baş qoyun-quzu ― ten heads of sheep and lamb

3. beginning (the initial portion of some extended thing)
4. end, side

   o başdan bu başa ― from end to end (literally, “from that end to this end”)

   şəhərin o biri başına getmək ― to go to the other side of the city

   başdan başa ― completely, entirely (literally, “from end to end”)

5. main, head

   baş aşbaz ― head cook

   baş prokuror ― head prosecutor

   baş cümlə ― main clause

• (head): qafa (uncommon), kəllə
• (beginning, the initial portion of some extended thing): başlanğıc

• Orucov, Əliheydər, editor (2006), “baş”, in Azərbaycan dilinin izahlı lüğəti [Explanatory Dictionary of the Azerbaijani Language]‎^[1] (in Azerbaijani), 2nd edition, volume 1, Baku: Şərq-Qərb, page 228

From Proto-Turkic *baĺč (“head”).

baş (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. head
2. boss
3. beginning

• qafa

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish بَاشْ (baş), from Proto-Turkic *baĺč.^[1] Compare Turkish baş, Azerbaijani baş.

• IPA^(key): /bɑʃ/

baş (definite accusative başı, plural başlar)

1. (anatomy) head

   baş aarısı

   headache

2. start, beginning
3. head, leader

   baş redaktor

   head redactor

4. chapter
5. any single farm animal

   üz baş koyun

   three hundred (heads of) sheep

• N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “баш”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 75
• Kopuşçu M. İ., Todorova S. A., Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), “baş”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 27
• Mavrodi M. F., editor (2019), “baş”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 1-4, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 15

Perso-Arabic		باش

From Proto-Turkic *baĺč (“head”)

• IPA^(key): /baʃ/

baş (definite accusative başı, plural başlar)

1. head

• Doerfer, Gerhard (1971), Khalaj Materials, Indiana University, →ISBN
• Doerfer, Gerhard (1980), Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
• Doerfer, Gerhard (1987), Lexik und Sprachgeographie des Chaladsch [Lexicon and Language Geography of Khalaj] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN

Back formation from başe (“okay, alright, well then”), understood as baş - e ("it is baş", eventually > "it is good"), from Persian باشه. Partially displaced native çê.

• IPA^(key): /bɑːʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːʃ

Central Kurdish	باش (baş)

baş (comparative çêtir)

1. good

• başî

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *baĺč.

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

baş (3rd person possessive başı, plural başlar)

1. (anatomy) head

   Zoraqnı almağan başda daz var.

   If the hat is not taken off, there is baldness on the head.

2. ear (of a grain), spike
3. head, top, summit

   Suniği başi çarmaq volsa, aşağı da çarmaq volar.

   If the source is muddy, the downstream will also be muddy.

   Sen görer o? Dü(gü) dağ başındağı kiş a mu, nañ ar a?

   Can you see it? Is that a person on the hilltop, or something else?"

4. beginning, start
5. head (measure)

   bir baş samzaq

   one head of garlic

• Yanchuk, Mikola Andriyovich (1893), Этнографическое ОбозрѢніе: Императорскаго Общества Любителей Естествознанія, Антропологіи и Этнографіи [Ethnographical Review: Imperial Society of Lovers of Natural History, Anthropology and Ethnography]‎^[2] (in Russian), Moscow: Publication of the Ethnographic Department, page 33
• Potanin, G.N. (1893), “baş”, in Тангутско-Тибетская окраина Китая и Центральная Монголия (in Russian), page 427
• Rockhill, William Woodville (1894), Diary of a journey through Mongolia and Tibet in 1891 and 1892, Washington: Smithsonian Institution, page 374
• Poppe, Nicholas (1953). Remarks on The Salar Language. Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, 16(3/4), 438–477. [3]
• Kakuk, S. (1962), “baş”, in “Un Vocabulaire Salar”, in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae‎^[4], volume 14, number 2, Akadémiai Kiadó, →ISBN, pages 173-196
• Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “baş”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, pages 438, 542
• 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985), “baş”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎^[5], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 123
• 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1992), “baş”, in 撒拉汉汉撒拉词汇 [Salar-Chinese, Chinese-Salar Vocabulary], 成都: 四川民族出版社, →ISBN, page 26
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “baş”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎^[6], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 56
• 进锋张 [Ayso Cañ Cinfen] (2008), 乌璐别格 [Ulubeğ], 鄭初陽 [Çuyañ Yebey oğlı Ceñ], editors, 撒拉尔谚语 [Salar İbret Sözler, Salar Proverbs]‎^[7], China Salar Youth League, page 92

• Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “baş”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 34
• 马伟 [Ma Wei]; 朝克 [Chao Ke] (2014), “baş”, in 撒拉语366条会话读本 [Salar 366 Conversation Reader]‎^[8], 1^st edition, 社会科学文献出版社 [Social Science Literature Press], →ISBN, page 108
• 马伟 (Ma Wei); 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016), “baş”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 204,267

From Proto-Turkic *baĺč.

baş

1. head

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaʃ/
• Hyphenation: baş

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

baş (definite accusative başı, plural başlar)

1. (anatomy) head

   Synonyms: kafa, kelle

   Başım çok ağrıyor.

   My head hurts too much.

2. leader of a group, chief

   Kızılderililerin başı sonunda beyazlarla antlaşma yapmaya ikna oldu.

   The chief of the Native Indians was finally persuaded to make a treaty with the whites.

3. outset of something
4. beginning

   İlk başta, biraz endişeliydim.

   At the beginning, I was a little bit anxious.

5. top, summit
6. (vulgar) glans penis

   Sünnetsiz olduğu için başı gözüküyor.

   His dick was uncut so his peckerhead was seen.

baş

1. first, primal, principal

From Proto-Turkic *bāĺ (“wound”).

baş (definite accusative başı, plural başlar)

1. (dialectal) wound

Other scripts
Latin	baş‍
Cyrillic	баш‍
Arabic	باش

From Proto-Turkic *baĺč (“head”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑʃ/, [ˈbɑ̝ʃ]

baş (definite accusative başy, plural başlar)

1. (anatomy) head

From Proto-Turkic *biāĺč (“wound”).

• IPA^(key): /baːʃ/

bāş (definite accusative bāşy, plural bāşlar)

1. wound

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