Bashkir edit

Etymology edit

Compare with Karakhanid [script needed] (erät, men), Tatar ират (irat, men). The first component is from Proto-Turkic *ēr (man), and the second component is hypothesized to be an archaic plural affix.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈeɾʔˌät]
  • Hyphenation: ир-ат

Noun edit

ир-ат (ir-at)

  1. (collective) men, all male members of a community
    Был көндө ир-аттар иртә таңдан тороп мәсеткә йүнәлә.
    Bıl köndö ir-attar irtə tañdan torop məsetkə yünələ.
    On this day, men get up early at dawn and head for the mosque.

Declension edit

References edit

  • Tenišev E. R., editor (1988), Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov: Morfologija [Comparative Historical Grammar of Turkic Languages: Morphology] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Nauka, page 12