Where does “bak” come from?
bak (Turkish) comes from Turkish bakmak, from Ottoman Turkish باقمق, from Proto-Turkic *bak-.
bak (Turkish): second-person singular imperative of bakmak; look
Definitions
- second-person singular imperative of bakmak; look
Ancestry of “bak”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Turkish | bakmak | to look , gaze; to face, view, watch, have a... |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | باقمق | to look; to look at |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | *bak- | — |