Bashkir edit

Etymology edit

From Volga Turki اوجماخ (ujmax, paradise), via Chagatai [Term?], from Old Uyghur [script needed] (uǯmaq) / [script needed] (uštmaḥ, paradise), from Sogdian [script needed] (ʼwštmʼχ, paradise).[1]

Cognate with Kazakh ұжмақ (ūjmaq), Kyrgyz ужмак (ujmak), учмак (ucmak), Uzbek uchmoh (paradise).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʊ̞ʐˈmɑχ]
  • Hyphenation: ож‧мах

Noun edit

ожмах (ojmax)

  1. Heaven, paradise

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

References edit

  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 621