Bashkir edit

Etymology edit

From *uy(u)q-la- (to sleep), from Proto-Turkic *ūdï-ku (sleep), from Proto-Turkic *ūdï- (to sleep).[1]

Cognate with Azerbaijani yuxulamaq, Kazakh ұйықтау (ūiyqtau), Kumyk юхламакъ (yuxlamaq), Crimean Tatar yuqlamaq, Kyrgyz укта- (ukta-), Southern Altai уйуктаар (uyuktaar), Chulym уқла- (uqla, to sleep), Uzbek uxlamoq, Uyghur ئۇخلىماق (uxlimaq), Turkmen uklamak (to sleep).

Verb edit

йоҡлау (yoqlaw) (intransitive)

  1. to sleep
    Тәүлегенә кәмендә ете сәғәт йоҡлау кәрәк.
    Təwlegenə kəmendə yete səğət yoqlaw kərək.
    One should sleep at least seven hours a day.

Alternative forms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*ū-dɨ-, *ū-dɨ-k-la-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill