basin, wide bowl · a swimming pool or other artificial pool · a basin, large hollow, enclosed valley
çekim: tamlayan Beckens
eş: Pelvis
köken: From Middle High German becken, from Old High German becki, beckin, from Vulgar Latin *baccīnum (possibly attested as bacchinon, 6th century), probably from Gaulish. Compare Dutch bekken and further French bassin, English basin.
a closed body of water, e.g. a lagoon · reservoir (natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply) · glacial basin (a broad and relatively shallow depression caused by glaciation)
çekim: çoğul altaat · tamlayan altaan
köken: From Proto-Finnic *aldas (compare Karelian allaš (“trough”)), derived from a root borrowed from Proto-Germanic *aldǭ (“trough”) (whence e.g. Norwegian olda and separately also aalto). The ending has probably been modified to -as by analogy with other Germanic loans (such as valas).
cistern (a waterproof below-ground receptacle for holding liquids, usually rain water) · cistern, cisterna (any of the various membranes sections comprising some organelles like the Golgi apparatus and the endoplasmic reticulum) · cistern (a tank collecting water at the base of the bromeliads leaves)
çekim: çoğul ciszternák
köken: From Latin cisterna, from cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “box”).
a lake, pond, basin; reservoir · a tank, tub, sink, vat, wine-vat
çekim: çoğul lacūs · tamlayan lacūs
köken: According to De Vaan, from Proto-Italic *lakus, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”); the reason for the change to *a is debated, but perhaps from velarized *[ɫ]. Regarding this proposed phonological development, Schrijver notes that the form lacus may be the only positive evidence for such a sound law, rendering the existence of the rule uncertain. Cognate with Ancient Greek λάκκος…
From Occitan boumbouno m [from boumbo + -ouno, ultimately from Latin bombus and -ōnem], made feminine under the influence of French bonne (unrelated), and with change of bomb- to bonb- under the influence of French bonbon (also unrelated). By surface analysis, bombe + -on. Although less common, the spelling bombonne more accurately reflects the Latin bomb- root.