Bashkir edit

 
Дүрт төрлө бысаҡ

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *bïčgak (knife), from Proto-Turkic *bïč- (to cut).[1]

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (bïčaq, knife);[2] Tatar пычак (pıçaq), Kazakh пышақ (pyşaq), Kyrgyz бычак (bıcak), Southern Altai бычак (bïčak), Karachay-Balkar бычакъ (bıçaq), Kumyk бичакъ (biçaq), Khakas пычах (pıçax), Shor пычақ (pïčaq), Tuvan бижек (bijek), Uzbek pichoq, Uyghur پىچاق (pichaq), Turkish bıçak, Azerbaijani bıçaq, Turkmen pyçak, Yakut быһах (bıhaq), etc.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [bɯ̞ˈsɑq]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: бы‧саҡ

Noun edit

бысаҡ (bısaq)

  1. knife
    Үткер бысаҡ.
    Ütker bısaq.
    A sharp knife.
    Бысаҡ осонда ваҡ тоҙ һалып болғағыҙ.
    Bısaq osonda vaq toź halıp bolğağıź.
    Put (some) fine salt on the knifepoint and stir.

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bɨč- / *bič-”, 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 104