Bashkir edit

Etymology edit

Action noun of aš- "to surpass", from Proto-Turkic *(i)āĺ- (to cross (a mountain), to surpass).[1]

Compare to Kyrgyz ашык (aşık, surplus, excessive), Uzbek oshiq (more than; excessive).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ɑˈʂɯ̞w]
  • Hyphenation: а‧шыу

Verb edit

ашыу (aşıw)

  1. to overflow, be overfilled
  2. to exceed, surpass
  3. to cross a mountain pass, to top a mountain
  4. to be/rise tall; to tower
  5. to materialize, come true, be put into practice

Adverb edit

ашыу (aşıw) (takes ablative case)

  1. over, more than
    Инә ҡуңыҙ ике йөҙҙән ашыу йомортҡа һала.
    İnə quñıź ike yöźźən aşıw yomortqa hala.
    The female beetle lays over two hundred eggs.
    Был кварталда актриса алтмыш йылдан ашыу йәшәгән.
    Bıl kvartalda aktrisa altmış yıldan aşıw yəşəgən.
    The actress lived in this city block for over sixty years.
    Ул ваҡытта Александрия үҙенең 700 меңдән ашыу ҡулъяҙма йыйылған китапханаһы менән дан тота.
    Ul vaqıtta Aleksandriya üźeneñ 700 meñdən aşıw qulʺyaźma yıyılğan kitapxanahı menən dan tota.
    At that time, Alexandria was famous for its library, in which over 700,000 manuscripts were collected.

Synonyms edit

References edit

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