сәскә

Bashkir

Сәскәләр

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *čeček (“flower”). Cognates include Old Turkic [script needed] (čečäk), Tuvan and Southern Altai чечек (čeček), Kazakh шешек (şeşek), Uzbek chechak, Uyghur چېچەك (chëchek), Turkish, Gagauz, Crimean Tatar çiçek, Azerbaijani çiçək.

The background of the metathesis *säsäk → säskä that took place in Bashkir remains yet to be explored. One possible reason for it may have been to resolve the homonymy that is ubiquitous in most Turkic languages: the descendants of the archetype čeček mean both "flower" and "smallpox". Secondly, it may have been promoted by the influence of a Oghur stratum in Bashkir; compare Chuvash ҫеҫке (śeśke, “flower”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sæsˈkæ]
• Hyphenation: сәс‧кә

Noun

сәскә • (transliteration needed)

1. flower

   Сәскә түтәле.

   A flower bed.

   Былар ябай сәскә түгел, дарыу үләндәре.

   these are not simple flowers, (but) medicinal herbs.

2. small potted home plant

Declension

Declension of сәскә

	singular	plural
absolute	сәскә	сәскәләр
definite genitive	сәскәнең	сәскәләрҙең
dative	сәскәгә	сәскәләргә
definite accusative	сәскәне	сәскәләрҙе
locative	сәскәлә	сәскәләрҙә
ablative	сәскәнән	сәскәләрҙән

Synonyms

• гөл