Bashkir

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Дүрт төрлө бысаҡ

Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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бысаҡ (transliteration needed)

  1. knife
    Үткер бысаҡ.
    A sharp knife.
    Бысаҡ осонда ваҡ тоҙ һалып болғағыҙ.
    Put (some) fine salt on the knifepoint and stir.

Declension

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References

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  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