𐰉𐰽𐰣

Old Turkic

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Turkic *bas- (“to press”), equivalent to 𐰉𐰽 (bas-, “to press”) +‎ 𐰣 (-ïn).

Verb

𐰉𐰽𐰣 (basïn-)

1. (intransitive) to be overwhelmed
   • 8th century CE, Tonyukuk Inscription, IIW4:

     𐰔:𐱅𐰘𐰤:𐰤𐰀:𐰉𐰽𐰣𐰞𐰢

     az:téyin:ne:basïnalïm

     Why should we feel overwhelmed because of being few?

2. (intransitive) to sink
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 46:

     𐰉𐰽𐰃𐰣𐰆:𐰘𐰃𐰢𐰃𐰾:𐰇𐰔𐰃𐰤:𐱅𐰃𐰠𐰛𐰇:𐰘𐰃𐰢𐰃𐰾:𐱅𐰃𐰼

     basïnu:yémiš:özin:tilkü:yémiš:tér

     It kept on eating while sinking down, (but) itself was eaten by a fox, it says.

Alternative forms

• 𐰉𐰽𐰃𐰣 (basïn-)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “basïn-”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 309
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “b(a)s(ı)n-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 51
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “basın-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 374