باشه

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Noun

باشه • (başa)

1. Alternative form of پاشا

References

• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “باشه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 326

Etymology 2

Noun

باشه • (başa)

1. dative singular of باش (baş)

Persian

Etymology 1

From earlier باشد (bâšad, imperative of بودن, literally “let it be”).

Interjection

باشه • (bâše)

1. Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance. OK

   Synonyms: اوکی (okey), خب (xob), چشم (čašm)

Etymology 2

From Middle Persian, also borrowed in Arabic بَاشَق (bāšaq). Akin to Mazanderani واشه (vāša, “sparrowhawk”) and Northern Kurdish waşe (“sparrow-hawk”). Connected to Sanskrit भास (bhāsa, “a bird of prey”) and to Persian باز (bâz, “falcon, hawk”).

Alternative forms

• باسه (bāsa) (Khurasan)
• باشق (bāšaq) (occasional Arabism in Classical Persian)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [bɑː.ʃa]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɑː.ʃä]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [bɑː.ʃä]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [bɑː.ʃä]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [bɔː.ʃä]

Readings
Classical reading?	bāša
Dari reading?	bāša

Noun

باشه • (bāša)

1. (Indo-Persian) sparrowhawk

References

• Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990) Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29)‎^[2] (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 15 Nr. 39
• Vullers, Johann August (1855) “باشه”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum‎^[3] (in Latin), volume I, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 177a