Bashkir edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *kurt-gar- (to rescue), causative of an unattested stem *kurt-. Cognate to ҡотолоу (qotolow, to be saved), a passive form of the same root.

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (qurtɣar-, to rescue), Kazakh құтқару (qūtqaru, to save), Kyrgyz куткаруу (kutkaruu, to save, rescue), Uzbek qutqarmoq, Uyghur قۇتقازماق (qutqazmaq, to rescue), Turkmen gutarmak (to end, finish), Azerbaijani qurtarmaq (to rescue), Turkish kurtarmak (to rescue), Chuvash хӑтарма (hăt̬arma, to save).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

ҡотҡарыу (qotqarıw) (transitive)

  1. to save, rescue (to help someone or something to survive)
    Аллаһ биргән ниғмәттәрегеҙҙе иҫегеҙгә төшөрөгөҙ. Ул һеҙҙе хәтәр язалар менән язалаусы, улдарығыҙҙы һуйып, ҡатын-ҡыҙҙарығыҙҙы ғына иҫән ҡалдырыусы Фирғәүен тоҡомонан ҡотҡарҙы. (Quran Ibrahim 14:6.)
    Allah birgən niğməttəregeźźe iśegeźgə töşörögöź. Ul heźźe xətər yazalar menən yazalawsı, uldarığıźźı huyıp, qatın-qıźźarığıźźı ğına iśən qaldırıwsı Firğəwen toqomonan qotqarźı.
    Remember Allah’s favour upon you. He rescued you from the people of Pharaoh, who afflicted you with dreadful torment, slaughtering your sons and keeping your women.
  2. to relieve, free, to release (someone) from a difficulty, unwanted task, responsibility etc.
  3. to exempt smb. from an obligation