baskın

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See also: Baskin and baskin

Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish باصقین, from the same root as basmak.

Noun

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baskın (definite accusative baskını, plural baskınlar)

  1. surprise attack, raid
    • 1935 November 13, “Habeş ordusu nihayet taarruza hazırlanıyor”, in Cumhuriyet, Istanbul:
      Habeşler bir gece baskınında İtalyanlardan 10 tank, 12 top, birçok mitralyöz almışlar, yedi İtalyan zabitini öldürmüşler
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Adjective

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baskın

  1. (with ablative) more powerful; superior
  2. heavy, oppressing, overpowering
  3. dominant
    Synonym: dominant

References

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  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “baskın”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “باصقین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 327
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN