بشیك

Ottoman Turkish

بشیك

Alternative forms

  • بشك (beşik)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bēšik (cradle); cognate with Azerbaijani beşik, Bashkir бишек (bişek), Chuvash пелче (pelč̬e), Kazakh бесік (besık), Kyrgyz бешик (beşik), Turkmen bişek, Uyghur بۆشۈك (böshük), Uzbek beshik and Yakut биһик (bihik).

Noun

بشیك • (beşik)

  1. cradle, a bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots
    Synonyms: گهواره (gehvare), مهد (mehd)

Derived terms

  • اجل بشیكی (ecel beşiği, kind of big swing)
  • بشیكجی (beşikci, maker or seller of cradles)

Descendants

  • Turkish: beşik
  • Armenian: բեշիկ (bešik), պեշիկ (pešik)

Further reading

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