Hyphenation
a·bashTurkish pronunciation
ıbäşPronunciation
/əˈbasʜ/ /əˈbæʃ/
Etymology
[ &-'bash ] (transitive verb.) 14th century. Middle English abaissen, abaisshen, abashen etc., from a form (with lengthened stem) of Old French esbaïr ( > French ébahir), from es + bair (“to astonish”).