Bashkir edit

 
Кәүҙә.

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *gebde (body, torso). Appears to have spread via a medieval written language (Chagatai).

Cognate with Tatar гәүдә (gäwdä), Kazakh кеуде (keude), Kyrgyz көөдө (köödö), Uzbek gavda, Azerbaijani gövdə, Turkish gövde, Crimean Tatar kevde, etc.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [kæw.ˈðæ]
  • Hyphenation: кәү‧ҙә

Noun edit

кәүҙә (kəwźə)

  1. (anatomy) torso, trunk; human body except head, arms and legs
  2. a person's overall physical appearance

Declension edit

See also edit

  • тән (tən, human body)