Bashkir

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Ирҙәр бейей.
Men are dancing.

Etymology

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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

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бейеү (transliteration needed) (intransitive)

  1. to dance
    Был көй ғәҙәттә ирҙәр бейегәндә уйнала.
    This tune is usually played when men dance.

Noun

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бейеү (transliteration needed)

  1. dance
    Шәреҡ бейеүе.
    An eastern dance.

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  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