baş burmaq

Salar

Etymology

From Salar baş (head) and burmaq (finger). Cognate with Turkish baş parmak.

Pronunciation

  • (Xunhua, Qinghai; Gansu; Ili, Xinjiang) IPA(key): /pɑɕpurmɑχ/, /pɑɕbɨrmɑχ/

Noun

baş burmaq (3rd person possessive baş burmağı, plural baş burmaqlar)

  1. thumb (finger)

References

  • Rockhill, William Woodville (1894), Diary of a journey through Mongolia and Tibet in 1891 and 1892, Washington: Smithsonian Institution, page 374
  • Kakuk, S. (1962), “baş burmaq”, in “Un Vocabulaire Salar”, in Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae[1], volume 14, number 2, Akadémiai Kiadó, →ISBN, pages 173-196
  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “baş burmaq”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 456
  • 林 (Lin), 莲云 (Lianyun) (1992), “baş burmaq”, 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 24
  • Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “baş burmaq”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon[2], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 56
  • Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “baş burmaq”, 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 35
  • 马伟 (Ma Wei) (2016), “baş burmaq”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 青海师范大学 (Qinghai Normal University), Unpublished finalized project manuscript (国家社会科学基金项目结项稿, 定稿; National Social Science Fund of China), page 268