Bashkir

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Etymology

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From *bešägü (five as a group), from Proto-Turkic *bẹ̄ĺ(k) (five).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (bešägü, five as a group);[1] Kazakh бесеу (beseu, five as a group), Kumyk бешев (beşew, five as a group), Kyrgyz бешөө (beşöö, five), Southern Altai бежӱ (bežü, five as a group).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [bʲiˈʃæw]
  • Hyphenation: би‧шәү

Numeral

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бишәү (bişəw)

  1. (collective numeral) five

References

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  1. ^ Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 97