Bashkir

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Etymology

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йырт- (yırt-, tear to pieces) +‎ -ҡыс (-qıs, agent suffix).

Cognate with Kazakh жыртқыш (jyrtqyş), Kyrgyz жырткыч (jırtkıc), Uzbek yirtqich, Uyghur ژىرتقۇچ (zhirtquch, predator), etc.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [jɯ̞rt.ˈqɯ̞s]
  • Hyphenation: йырт‧ҡыс

Noun

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йыртҡыс (yırtqıs)

  1. predator

Declension

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Derived terms

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