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başa salmaq

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Azerbaijani

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Cyrillic баша салмаг
Abjad باشا سالماق

Etymology

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Literally, "to put into head".

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [bɑˈʃɑ sɑɫˈmɑχ]
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Verb

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başa salmaq

  1. (ditransitive) to explain something to someone
    Synonyms: izah etmək, açıqlamaq
    kiməsə nəsə başa salmaqto explain something to someone
    Mən bunu başa düşmürəm, kimsə bunu mənə başa sala bilər?
    I don't understand this, can someone explain this to me?

Usage notes

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  • Başa salmaq is only used in the sense 'to explain something to someone who doesn't understand'. For the sense 'to give an adequate explanation to something previously unexplained or unknown, to explain a puzzling phenomenon' etc, izah etmək is used instead.

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