Bashkir

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *(i)aĺa- (to eat), from Proto-Turkic *(i)aĺ (food, meal).[1]

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (aša-, to eat);[2] Kumyk ашамакъ (aşamaq, to eat); Karachay-Balkar ашаргъа (aşarğa, to eat); Yakut аһаа (ahaa, to eat), etc.

Verb

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ашау (aşaw)

  1. to eat
    Бөтәһе лә туйғансы ашаны.
    Bötəhe lə tuyğansı aşanı.
    Everybody ate to satiety.
  2. to corrode, eat away

References

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  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*(i)aĺ, *(i)aĺ-a-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. ^ Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 62