Bashkir

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Etymology

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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

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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

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References

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  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)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill