See also: кара and қара

Bashkir

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Ҡара төҫө
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Etymology

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From Volga Turki قره (qara, black), from Proto-Turkic *kara (black).[1]

Cognates include Kazakh қара (qara), Kyrgyz, Tatar кара (kara), Azeri qara, Turkish kara, Turkmen gara, Uzbek qora, Uyghur قارا (qara, black).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [qɑˈɾɑ]
  • Hyphenation: ҡа‧ра

Adjective

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ҡара (transliteration needed)

  1. black
    Ҡара тауыҡ та аҡ күкәй һала.
    A black hen also lays white eggs.
    Йыр өҙөлдө; миңә ҡағылып китте Ғазраилдың ҡара ҡанат осо. (Mustai Karim)
    The song cut off; the tip of Azrael's black wing touched me (in passing).
    Ҡара һыҙат артта ҡалды; хәҙер бар донъя һеҙҙең тирәләй әйләнә.
    The black streak (=the period of bad luck) is over; now, the entire world revolves around you.
    (from a horoscope.)

Derived terms

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See also

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Colors in Bashkir · төҫ (layout · text)
     аҡ      һоро      ҡара
             ҡыҙыл              көрән              һары
                          йәшел             
                          зәңгәр              күк
                                       алһыу

References

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