Bashkir edit

Etymology edit

From *birägü (one of a group; somebody), from Proto-Turkic *bīr (one).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (birägü, one of a group; someone);[1]Turkish birey, Kazakh біреу (bıreu), Kyrgyz бирөө (biröö, one (of several); someone, something), Southern Altai бирӱ (birü, one (of several); one piece), Karachay-Balkar биреу (birew, somebody), Kumyk бирев (birew, somebody), Uzbek birov (one; someone).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [bɪ̞ˈræw]
  • Hyphenation: бе‧рәү

Numeral edit

берәү (berəw)

  1. (collective numeral) one
    Беҙҙең ауылда мәктәп берәү генә.
    Beźźeñ awılda məktəp berəw genə.
    There is just one school in our village.

Pronoun edit

берәү (berəw)

  1. (indefinite pronoun) somebody, someone
    Берәү ишек туҡылдата.
    Berəw işek tuqıldata.
    Someone is knocking at the door.
    Үрге урамда берәү әсе итеп һыҙғырып ебәрҙе.
    Ürge uramda berəw əse itep hıźğırıp yebərźe.
    Somebody in the upper street gave an ear-splitting whistle.

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ 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 101