Bashkir edit

 
Ирҙәр бейей.
Men are dancing.

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *büdi- (to dance).[1]

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (büdi-, to dance);[2]Tatar биергә (biyergä, to dance), Nogai биюв (biyuv, to dance), Kumyk бийимек (biyimek, to dance), Yakut битий (bitiy, to dance at one place).

Verb edit

бейеү (beyew) (intransitive)

  1. to dance
    Был көй ғәҙәттә ирҙәр бейегәндә уйнала.
    Bıl köy ğəźəttə irźər beyegəndə uynala.
    This tune is usually played when men dance.

Noun edit

бейеү (beyew)

  1. dance
    Шәреҡ бейеүе.
    Şəreq beyewe.
    An eastern dance.

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Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*büdi-”, 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 131