тоғро

Bashkir edit

Etymology edit

Via Volga Turki, from Chagatai توغرى (toğri, “correct; straight; earnest, sincere”), from *toğrï (“straight, direct; correct; just; sincere”).

This specific line of descent is indicated by a peculiar semantic shift and the retention of -ğ-.

Compare to Old Uyghur [script needed] (toγru, “correct, direct”); Tatar тугры (tuğrı, “loyal”), Uzbek to'g'ri (“correct”), Turkish doğru (“true, straight”), etc.

Also check out Bashkir тура (tura, “straight, direct”), which has developed along the regular Kypchak pathway from a parallel Turkic archetype *toğra (“straight, direct; correct; just; sincere”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [tʊ̞ʁ.ˈɾʊ̞]
Hyphenation: тоғ‧ро

Adjective edit

тоғро • (toğro)

loyal, faithful
Ат — кешенең тоғро юлдашы.
At — keşeneñ toğro yuldaşı.
The horse is man's faithful companion.