Bashkir

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Etymology

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From *umtul- (to reach out; to aspire), from Proto-Turkic *um- (to hope for).[1]

Cognate with Tatar омтылырга (omtılırga), Kazakh ұмтылу (ūmtylu), Kyrgyz умтулуу (umtuluu), Uzbek intilmoq (to strive), Uyghur ئىنتىلمەك (intilmek, to strive, aspire)/ ئۇمتۇلماق (umtulmaq, to strive, aspire)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɯ̞n.tɯ̞ɫ-] (verb stem)

Verb

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ынтылыу (ıntılıw) (intransitive)

  1. to reach out, to extend one's hand for something
  2. (figurative) to strive, aspire, reach out

References

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