bacak
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Turkish
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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ottoman Turkish باجاق (bacaḳ, “the leg, the thigh”),[1][2] from Proto-Turkic *bakañ(ak)[3] or *bakačuk (“leg”, literally “little frog”), diminutive of *b(i)āka (“frog”).[4] For a parallel animal simile see; Latin musculus (“muscle”, literally “little mouse”).[5][6] Also compare Karakhanid بَقانَقْ (baqanaq, baqayaq) or بَقانُقْ (baqanuq, baqayuq, “the 'frog' in a horse's hoof, the gap between the hooves of ungulates”).[7]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bacak (definite accusative bacağı, plural bacaklar)
- leg (lower limb from groin to ankle)
- The limb for walking, jumping or support in animals.
- The protruding part of an object that keeps it high above the ground.
- Synonym: ayak
- (clothing) The part of clothing that covers each leg.
- knave, jack in playing cards
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References
[edit]- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “باجاق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 315
- ^ Kélékian, Diran (1911) “باجاق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 232
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bakań”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “baka:ñak”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 316
- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “baka:çuk”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 312
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “bacak”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- ^ al-Kashgarî, Mahmud (1072–1074) Besim Atalay, transl., Divanü Lûgat-it-Türk Tercümesi (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 521) (in Turkish), 1985 edition, Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurmu Basımevi, published 1939–1943
Further reading
[edit]- “bacak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “bacak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 415