# basmak
## Turkish
### Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish باصمق (basmak, “to press, print, coin money, tread on, overpower”), from Proto-Turkic *bas- (“to press”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɑsˈmɑk/
* Hyphenation: bas‧mak

### Verb

basmak (third-person singular simple present basar)
* (intransitive) to step on, to stand on [with dative]
    Bastığın yerlerde güller açtı, ...Roses blossomed where you stood, ...
    Yeni yağmış kara basmaya bayılıyorum.I love stepping on fresh, powdery snow.
* (intransitive) (of toddlers) to stand [with dative]
* (intransitive) to press (e.g. on a pedal, button, key) [with dative]
    Bas gaza.Step on the gas.
** (intransitive) (of a button, key, etc.) to function properly, to do what it's meant to
    Hiçbir sıkıntı yokken tuş basmamaya başladı.For no good reason the key started not to work.
    Ben bastım ama tuş basmadı.I did press it but the button didn't work.
* (ditransitive) to stuff [with accusative and dative]
    Synonym: tepmek
    peyniri küpe basmak. ― to stuff the cheese into the earthenware jar
* (transitive) to print, to publish, to press
    Synonym: tabetmek
    Kitabınızı ücretsiz basıyoruz.We publish your book for free.
* (transitive) to cover
    Synonym: bürümek, kaplamak, örtmek
    Yollarını ot basmış olan bu büyük köşk.This big mansion whose roads leaves have covered.
* (ditransitive) to impress, to imprint, to stamp (the tool used, such as a stamp or a seal, is the direct object; and the document which gets stamped is the indirect object)
    Şuraya başparmağını bas, dediler, ben de bastım.They told me to impress (something) with my thumbprint and I did it.
* (transitive) to raid
    Ölen kızın intikamını almak için köyü basıp yakmış.(I heard) he raided and burned down the village to revenge the girl who died.
* (intransitive) to turn, to reach a certain age [with dative]
    On dokuz yaşına yeni basmış, ürkek ve utangaç bir kızdım.I was a shy and timid girl who just turned 19.
* (intransitive) (of fog, smoke, etc.) to cover
    Synonym: çökmek
    Şehri akşamüstü sis basmıştı.Fog has covered the city, right before the evening.
* (transitive) to pump (to use a pump to move liquid or gas)
    Pompa bozulmuş, suyu basmıyor.Pump was broken, it doesn't pump the water.
* (intransitive) (of poultry) to incubate
* (transitive) to catch (to discover in an unpleasant state)
    Kocamı yatağımızda başka kadınla bastım.I caught my husband in bed with another woman.
* (intransitive, figuratively) to get overwhelmed by an emotion
    Sıkıntı basmış, terlemeye başlamıştı.Upon having problems arise, s/he started to sweat.
* (weightlifting, slang) to lift an amount of weight, to do an exercise with said amount of load
    Bench press'te 90 kilo basıyorum.I can bench press 90 kilos.
* (informal) (of motored vehicles) to be able to go at a said speed
    BMW kaç basıyor?How fast a BMW can go?
* (figuratively, + dative + kafa + possessive suffix ~) (usually in negative clauses) to comprehend
    Kafam bu işe basmıyor ya.I just cannot comprehend what's happening.
* (vulgar) to fuck [with dative]

#### Conjugation

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#### Derived terms

* ayak basmak
* bas
* bas git
* basabilmek
* basadurmak
* basak
* basamak
* basamamak
* basayazmak
* bası
* basık
* basılı
* basılmak
* basım
* basınç
* basıp geçmek
* basıp gitmek
* basış
* basıvermek
* baskı
* basma
* bastığı yerde ot bitmez
* bastığı yere bir daha basmamak
* bastığı yeri bilmemek
* bastık
* bastırık
* bastırmak
* bin basmak
* karabasan
* para basmak
* su basmak

#### Descendants

* → Hungarian: baszik
* → Serbo-Croatian: bat

### References

* ↑ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “باصمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 327
* ↑ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bas-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill