baskın
See also: Baskin and baskin
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish باصقین, from the same root as basmak.
Noun
baskın (definite accusative baskını, plural baskınlar)
- surprise attack, raid
- 1935 November 13, “Habeş ordusu nihayet taarruza hazırlanıyor”, in Cumhuriyet, Istanbul:
- Habeşler bir gece baskınında İtalyanlardan 10 tank, 12 top, birçok mitralyöz almışlar, yedi İtalyan zabitini öldürmüşler
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Adjective
baskın
- (with ablative) more powerful; superior
- heavy, oppressing, overpowering
- dominant
- Synonym: dominant
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “baskın”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “باصقین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 327
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN