bocsát

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested at the end of the 12th century. A loanword from an Oghur Turkic language before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries). Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *boĺo- (to free, liberate) which is a derivation from the adjective *boĺ (empty, free). Cognate with Turkish boşamak (to divorce, to end one's own marriage), Karakhanid بُشُوماقْ (bošūmāq, to divorce, to get loose). The ending -t is a causative suffix.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbot͡ʃaːt]
  • Hyphenation: bo‧csát

Verb

bocsát

  1. (transitive) to let, allow, admit to

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • bocsátkozik

(With verbal prefixes):

References

  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
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