Bashkir

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *bạk- (to look).

Verb

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бағыу (bağıw) (ambitransitive)

  1. (literary) to look
    Synonym: ҡарау (qaraw)
  2. (an elderly or disabled person) to look after, take care of
  3. (a child) to look after; raise, bring up
  4. to practice witchcraft/sorcery
  5. (auxiliary verb, takes adverbial participle in -p) to try or attempt, give it a try