باصقین

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms
  • باصقن (baskın), باصقون (baskun), بصقین (baskın), بصقین (baskun)

Etymology

From باصمق (basmak, “to press, overwhelm, surprise”) +‎ ـغن (-gin, -gün, -gın, -gun) / ـقن (-kin, -kün, -kın, -kun, “forming adjectives ‘full of an action’”).

Noun

باصقین • (baskın)

  1. a surprise attack
    1. A night attack on an enemy camp
    2. A police raid
  2. strength
  3. weight
  4. the state of being pressed down
  5. waterfall

Descendants
  • → Armenian: պասխըն (pasxən), բասկըն (baskən)

Adjective

باصقین • (baskın)

  1. heavy
  2. powerful; overpowering, irresistable

Descendants

References
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