başlangıç

== Turkish == === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish باشلانغیچ (başlangıç), unattested in Turkish until the second half of the XIXth century. Compare, however, Old Turkic [script needed] (başlaġuçı, “one who begins”). Related to Turkish başlamak (“to begin”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baʃ.ɫanˈɡɯt͡ʃ/ Hyphenation: baş‧lan‧gıç === Noun === başlangıç (definite accusative başlangıcı, plural başlangıçlar) beginning start ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== iftitah (obsolete) mukaddime (literature, dated) ==== Antonyms ==== bitiş === See also === başlama === References === “başlangıç”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “başlangıç”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı