Etymology

From Old Turkic baqa, from Proto-Turkic *b(i)āk(k)a ‎(“frog”). Cognate with Kyrgyz, Tatar бака ‎(baqa), Kazakh бақа ‎(baqa), Yakut баҕа ‎(bağa), Turkish kurbağa.

Note that the Proto-Turkic archetype seems to have had the generic meaning of "frogs and turtles / turtoises", hence the Bashkir compound ташбаҡа ‎(tašbaqa, “turtle, turtoise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɑˈqɑ]
• Hyphenation: ба‧ҡа