# baza
## English
### Etymology

From Hindi बाज़ (bāz, “goshawk”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɑːzə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

baza (plural bazas)
* Any of three species of small, crested hawks in the genus Aviceda.

#### Synonyms

* crested hawk
* cuckoo-hawk

#### Derived terms

* Jerdon's baza, Aviceda jerdoni
* Pacific baza, Aviceda subcristata
* black baza, Aviceda leuphotes

### Anagrams

* Zaba

## Albanian
### Noun

baza
* inflection of bazë:
** definite nominative singular
** indefinite nominative/accusative plural

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

Likely from Russian ба́за (báza).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

baza (definite accusative bazanı, plural bazalar)
* base

#### Declension
## Crimean Tatar
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian база (baza), from French base.

### Noun

baza
* base

#### Declension
### References

* Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
* “baza”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

## Dongxiang
### Etymology

From Persian بازار (bâzâr, “market”) via a Turkic language.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɑˈt͡sɑ/

### Noun

baza
* city
* marketplace

## Esperanto
### Etymology

bazo +‎ -a

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbaza/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aza
* Hyphenation: ba‧za

### Adjective

baza (accusative singular bazan, plural bazaj, accusative plural bazajn)
* basic

#### Derived terms

* bazlernejo (“elementary school, primary school”)

#### Related terms

* baze

## Galician
### Etymology

Attested since 1671 (baça). From Spanish baza, from Italian bazza.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbaθa/ [ˈba.θɐ]
* IPA: (standard) /ˈbaθa/ [ˈba.θɐ]
* IPA: (seseo) /ˈbasa/ [ˈba.sɐ]
* Rhymes: -aθa
* Rhymes: -aθa
* Rhymes: -asa
* Hyphenation: ba‧za

### Noun

baza m (plural bazas)
* chance, luck, benefit
** 1671, Gabriel Feijoo, Contenda dos labradores de Caldelas:ò purtuges do galego nunca sacou boa baça nen'a sacarà de nòs s'os carballos dan estacas.the Portuguese, on the Galicians, never obtained a good advantage nor will take it on us if oaks give stakes
* trump card

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “baza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “baza”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “baza”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Italian
### Etymology

From Hindi बाज़ (bāz, “hawk”).

### Noun

baza f (plural baze)
* African cuckoo-hawk, African baza (Aviceda cuculoides)

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbaza/

### Noun

baza
* inflection of baz:
** genitive singular
** nominative/accusative dual

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French base. First attested in 1683.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈba.za/
* (Middle Polish) IPA: /ˈba.za/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aza
* Syllabification: ba‧za

### Noun

baza f (related adjective bazowy)
* base, basis (foundation or location) [with genitive or (proscribed) dla (+ genitive) ‘for what’]
    Synonyms: fundament, podstawa
* (mathematics) basis (linearly independent set of vectors spanning the whole vector space)
* (topology) base (set of sets from which a topology is derived)
* (architecture) base (lowermost part of a column)
* base (place where someone or something stays during periods of inactivity because of its convenient location)
* base (totality of buildings, facilities, and equipment necessary to carry out a particular activity)
* (military) base (permanent structure for housing military)
* (electronics) charging base (the part of a device permanently connected to electricity in which its movable part is placed in order to charge it)
* (baseball) base (one of the four places that a runner can stand without being subject to being tagged out when the ball is in play)
* (Marxism) base (forces and relations of production that produce the necessities and amenities of life)
    Coordinate term: nadbudowa
* (linguistics) base (morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached)

#### Related terms

* baza danych
* punkt bazowy
* stacja bazowa
* bazować impf
* czaić bazę impf

#### Descendants

* → Kashubian: baza
* → Silesian: baza

### Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), baza is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 16 times in scientific texts, 26 times in news, 39 times in essays, 4 times in fiction, and 1 time in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 86 times, making it the 736th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

### References

* ↑ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “baza”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
* ↑ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “baza”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
* ↑ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “baza”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎ (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
* ↑ Danuta Lankiewicz (22.06.2015) “BAZA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
* ↑ Ida Kurcz (1990) “baza”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 20

### Further reading

* baza in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* baza in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* baza in PWN's encyclopedia
* Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “baza”, in Słownik języka polskiego
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “baza”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “baza”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 107

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈba.zɐ/
* Rhymes: -azɐ
* Hyphenation: ba‧za

### Verb

baza
* inflection of bazar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Romanian
### Alternative forms

* база (baza) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French baser.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈza/
* Rhymes: -a
* Hyphenation: ba‧za

#### Verb

a baza (third-person singular present bazează, past participle bazat) 1st conjugation
* (reflexive, often in the passive voice) to be based on (be grounded in) [with pe]
    Distilarea se bazează pe diferența între punctele de fierbere.Distillation is based on the difference between boiling points.
* (reflexive) to rely on (put one’s trust) [with pe]
    Synonym: (literary) se bizui

##### Related terms

* bază

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈba.za/
* Rhymes: -aza
* Hyphenation: ba‧za

#### Noun

baza
* definite nominative/accusative singular of bază

### Further reading

* baza in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Rwanda-Rundi
### Etymology 1

From -bara.

#### Verb

-báza (infinitive kubáza, perfective -bájije)
* to ask

##### Derived terms

* ikibazo (“question”)

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

-bāza (infinitive kubāza, perfective -bāje)
* to do carpentry, carve or sculpt wood

##### Derived terms

* umubaji (“carpenter”)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin basis, from Ancient Greek βάσις (básis).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bǎːza/
* Hyphenation: ba‧za

### Noun

báza f (Cyrillic spelling ба́за)
* base
* basis

#### Declension
### References

* “baza”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Slovene
### Etymology

From Latin basis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bàːza/, /báːza/

### Noun

bāza f
* base, foundation
* base (permanent structure for housing a military)

#### Inflection
## Spanish
### Etymology

From Italian bazza.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /ˈbaθa/ [ˈba.θa]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈbasa/ [ˈba.sa]
* Rhymes: -aθa
* Rhymes: -asa
* Syllabification: ba‧za

### Noun

baza f (plural bazas)
* (card games) trick
* trump, trump card (something that gives one an advantage)
    Synonym: as
* Aviceda, cuckoo-hawk (bird genus)

#### Derived terms

* hacer una baza
* jugar bien sus bazas
* meter baza

#### Descendants

* → Galician: baza

### Further reading

* “baza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Turkish
### Noun

baza
* dative singular of baz

## Zulu
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-bàija.

### Verb

-baza
* to carve

#### Inflection
### References

* C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “ɓaza”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “ɓaza (6.3)”