باصامق

Ottoman Turkish

Ultimately from a development of Proto-Turkic *bas- (“to press”), the same root of باصمق (basmak). Compare Bashkir баҫҡыс (baśqıs), Kazakh басқыш (basqyş), Khakas пасхыс (pasxıs), Kyrgyz баскыч (baskıc), Tatar баскыч (baskıç) and Uzbek bosqich.

باصامق • (basamak)

step, a rest for the foot in ascending or descending a stair or a ladder
Synonyms: پایه (paye), درجه (derece), مرتبه (mertebe)
tread, the walking surface in a stairway on which the foot is placed
rung, round, a single, wooden crosspiece forming a step of a ladder
Synonyms: پایه (paye), درجه (derece)
(figuratively) step, stage, phase, a distinct part of a process
Synonym: مرتبه (mertebe)

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