Bashkir edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Mongol *čeber (beautiful), from Proto-Mongolic *čege-ber, compare Mongolian цэвэр (cever, clean, neat, beautiful).

Cognate with Kazakh шебер (şeber, craftsman), Southern Altai чебер (čeber, neat), Tatar чибәр (çibär, beautiful), Khakas сибер (siber, cautious; neat), Uyghur چېۋەر (chëwer, craftsman; neat), Yakut чэбэр (ceber, neat), etc.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [sʲeˈbæɾ], [sʲeˈβæɾ]
  • Hyphenation: си‧бәр

Adjective edit

сибәр (sibər)

  1. beautiful, handsome (of people)
    Synonyms: матур (matur), һылыу (hılıw), һомғол (homğol)

Derived terms edit