See also: биз and біз

Bashkir

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *beŕ (gland).

Cognate with Kazakh без (bez, gland), Karachay-Balkar без (bez, gland), Uzbek bez (gland), Uyghur بەز (bez, gland), Turkmen mäz (gland), Turkish bez (gland), Tuvan бес (bes, gland), Chuvash пар (par, gland).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [bʲið]
  • Hyphenation: биҙ (one syllable)

Noun

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биҙ (biź)

  1. (anatomy) gland
  2. (anatomy) lymph node, lymph gland