серек
Bashkir edit
Etymology edit
From *čirik "rotten", from the verbal stem čiri- "to rot, decay", from Proto-Turkic *čẹr (“rot; disease”).
Cognate with Tatar черек (çerek), Kazakh шірік (şırık), Kyrgyz чирик (cirik), Southern Altai чирик (čirik), Uzbek chirik, Uyghur چىرىك (chirik), Azerbaijani çürük, Turkish çürük (“rotten”), etc.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
серек • (serek)
- rotten
- Һауыттағы бер серек алма бөтәһен дә серетә.
- Hawıttağı ber serek alma bötəhen də seretə.
- One rotten apple in the box will make all (apples) rot as well.