baş aşağı
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish باش آشاغی (baş aşağı),[1][2] from باش (baş) + آشاغی (aşağı),[3][4] equivalent to baş (“head”) + aşağı (“down, downwards”), literally “head downwards”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbaʃ.a.ʃaːɯ/
- Hyphenation: baş‧a‧şa‧ğı
Adverb
- In a way that the top or head is at the bottom; upside down, inverted.
- Synonyms: tepetakla, tepetaklak
Related terms
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “باش آشاغی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 324
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “باش آشاغی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 239
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “baş”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “aşağı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
- baş aşağı in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “baş aşağı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 484
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