Bashkir

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Etymology

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Compare to Old Uyghur [script needed] (küzät-, to watch over, guard);[1] Kazakh күзету (küzetu, watch, guard), Southern Altai кӱзедер (küzeder, to watch), Uzbek koʻzatmoq (cup), Turkish gözetmek (watch, oversee).

See also Khakas кӱзетчі (küzetçì, night herdsman).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kʏ.ðæt-] (verb stem)
  • IPA(key): [kʏ.ðæˈtɪ̞w] (noun)

Verb

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күҙәтеү (küźətew) (transitive)

  1. to watch (with directed attention, repeatedly, for long time), observe, inspect, examine
  2. to overlook; oversee; inspect; monitor; supervise
  3. to review, survey
  4. to contemplate

Noun

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күҙәтеү (küźətew)

  1. (action noun) watching, observing, inspecting etc.
  2. observation
  3. review
    Спорт ваҡиғаларына аҙналыҡ күҙәтеү.
    Sport vaqiğalarına aźnalıq küźətew.
    A weekly review of sports events.

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 331