başmak

See also: basmak

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish باشمق (başmak, “shoe, high-heeled shoe”), from Proto-Turkic *baĺmak (“boot, shoe”).

Noun

başmak

  1. (dialectal) various sorts of mostly flat-bottomed shoes: sandal, clog, slipper
    Synonym: ayakkabı

Further reading
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “başmak”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN, page 139
  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “başmak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 499
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “باشمق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 240a
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