ижек
Bashkir
editEtymology
editCognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (üžik, “syllable; letter”), Karakhanid [script needed] (üžük, “syllable”), Tatar иҗек (icek, “syllable”), Tuvan үжүк (üjük, “letter; alphabet”).
Akhmetyanov suggests derivation from Middle Chinese 字 (ji, “letter, symbol, character”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editижек • (transliteration needed)
- (linguistics) syllable
- Башҡорт телендә баҫым күпселек осраҡтарҙа аҙаҡҡы ижеккә төшә.
- In the Bashkir language, the stress in most cases falls on the last syllable.
Declension
editDeclension of ижек
References
edit- R. Akhmetyanov (2015). Etimologicheskiy slovar' tatarskogo yazyka. // An Etymological Dictionary of Tatar Language. Kazan: Magarif-Vakyt publishers, ISBN not specified. vol.1, p.295.