Where does “başbakan” come from?
başbakan (Turkish) comes from Turkish bakan, from Arabic ناظر, from Arabic نَظَرَ, from Arabic ظ, from Arabic ط, from Nabataean 𐢋, from Classical Syriac ܛ, from Aramaic ט.
başbakan (Turkish): prime minister
Definitions
- prime minister
Ancestry of “başbakan”, step by step
başbakan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Turkish bakan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | bakan | minister |
| 2 | Arabic | ناظر | active participle of نَظَرَ; observer, viewer,... |
| 3 | Arabic | نَظَرَ | to look; to perceive with the eyes; to see |
| 4 | Arabic | ظ | — |
| 5 | Arabic | ط | ط |
| 6 | Nabataean | 𐢋 | — |
| 7 | Classical Syriac | ܛ | number nine |
| 8 | Aramaic | ט | — |
| 9 | Aramaic | 𐡈 | A letter of the Imperial Aramaic alphabet, named teth, transliterated as Latin ṭ |
| 10 | Egyptian | 𓄤 | — |
via Turkish baş
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkish | baş | head; leader of a group; outset of something |
| 2 | French | basse | feminine singular of bas; bass; acoustic guitar |
| 3 | Italian | basso | low; short; narrow, thin |
| 4 | Latin | Bassus | thick, fat, stumpy, short, low, base |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | βάσις | step; rhythm; foot |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | gʷə́tis | step |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷémtis | step, act of walking |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷem- | to step |