Bashkir

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Etymology

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From *törtägü (four as a group), from Proto-Turkic *tȫrt (four).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (törtägü, four as a group);[1] Kazakh төртеу (törteu), Kumyk дёртев (dörtew), Kyrgyz төртөө (törtöö), Southern Altai тӧртӱ (törtü, four as a group).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [dɵɾˈtæw]
  • Hyphenation: дүр‧тәү

Numeral

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дүртәү (dürtəw)

  1. (collective numeral) four

References

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  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 581