Etymology

From Old Turkic bïčaq ‎(“knife”), from Proto-Turkic *bɨč- ‎(“to cut”).

Cognate with Tuvan бижек ‎(bïžäk), Khakas пычах ‎(pıçax), Shor пычақ ‎(pïčaq), Karachay-Balkar бычакъ ‎(pïčaq), Kumyk бичакъ ‎(pičaq), Karakalpak pïshaq, Kazakh пышақ ‎(pışaq), Kyrgyz, Southern Altai бычак ‎(bıčak), Tatar пычак ‎(pıçaq), Uzbek pichoq, Uyghur پىچاق ‎(pichaq), Gagauz, Turkish bıçak, Azeri bıçaq, Turkmen pyçak, Yakut быһах ‎(bıhax), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɯ̞ˈsɑq]
• Hyphenation: бы‧саҡ