Bashkir edit

 
Биҙәк [2]

Etymology edit

From *bezek (decoration, ornament), from *beze- (to decorate).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (bezäk, decoration, ornament);[1] Tatar бизәк (bizäk), Kazakh безек (bezek), Uzbek bezak, Uyghur بېزەك (bëzek), Turkish bezek (decoration, ornament).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [bʲiˈðæk]
  • Hyphenation: би‧ҙәк

Noun edit

биҙәк (biźək)

  1. decoration
  2. ornament, pattern, motif, especially formed from regular repeated elements

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 97