Bashkir edit

 бөжәктәр on Bashkir Wikipedia
 
Төрлө бөжәктәр.
Various insects.

Etymology edit

From *bȫgček, where -ček is a diminutive suffix, from Proto-Turkic *bȫg (insect).[1]

Cognate with Tatar бөҗәк (böcäk, insect), Kazakh бөжек (böjek, insect), Azerbaijani böcək, Turkmen möjek, Crimean Tatar böcek, Turkish böcek (insect), etc.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [bʏ̞ˈʒæk]
  • Hyphenation: бө‧жәк

Noun edit

бөжәк (böjək)

  1. insect, bug
    Бал ҡорто – ғәжәп аҡыллы, бик егәрле бөжәк.
    Bal qorto – ğəjəp aqıllı, bik yegərle böjək.
    The bee is an amazingly intelligent (and) very hard-working insect.
    Гәрәбә эсендә һаҡланып ҡалған бороңғо бөжәктәрҙе өйрәнеү.
    Gərəbə esendə haqlanıp qalğan boroñğo böjəktərźe öyrənew.
    The study of ancient insects preserved within amber.

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bȫg, *bȫg-en, *bȫg-ček”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill