Bashkir edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *sür(-t)- (to rub, smear).[1]

Verb edit

һөртөү (hörtöw) (transitive)

  1. to wipe, wipe off, wipe dry or clean, etc.
  2. to delete something written by wiping or rubbing, wipe out
  3. to cover a surface with a layer of some substance by rubbing; smear, grease, dub, etc.

References edit

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