Bashkir edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *ebir- (to turn).[1]

Cognate with Kazakh үйіру (üiıru), Kyrgyz үйүрүү (üyürüü), Kumyk уьюрмек (üyürmek, to spin, rotate).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

өйөрөү (öyöröw) (transitive)

  1. to turn, rotate, spin

References edit

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