Bashkir

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Etymology

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From ас (as, hungry) +‎ -лыҡ (-lıq).

Compare to analogous terms in other Turkic languages: Kazakh аштық (aştyq, hunger, famine), Uzbek ochlik (hunger, hunger strike), Uyghur ئاچلىق (achliq, hunger), Turkish açlık (hunger).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɑsˈɫɯ̞q]
  • Hyphenation: ас‧лыҡ

Noun

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аслыҡ (aslıq)

  1. hunger; famine; starvation
    Тырыш кеше матур йәшәр, ялҡау кеше аслыҡтан үлер.
    Tırış keşe matur yəşər, yalqaw keşe aslıqtan üler.
    The industrious person will live well, the lazy person will die from hunger.
  2. hunger strike

Declension

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