باصقی

Ottoman Turkish

باصقی

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *basgu (“press”), a development of *bas- (“to press”), from which باصمق (basmak, “to press, print”).

Noun

باصقی • (baskı)

1. press, any device used to apply pressure to an item

   Synonyms: جندره (cendere), منكنه (mengene)

2. (figuratively) constraint, restraint, anything that constrains

Derived terms

• باصقی آلتنده (baskı altında, “under restrictions”)
• باصقیجی (baskıcı, “presser”)

Descendants

• Turkish: baskı
• → Armenian: պասխը (pasxə)

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “baskı”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 478
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “باصقی”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 240
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “baskı”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “باصقی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 327