Bashkir edit

Etymology edit

From *tarmaq (branch, ramification; tributary), from Proto-Turkic *tar- (to branch, be forked, ramify).

Cognate with Kazakh тармақ (tarmaq, branch; tributary), Tatar тармак (tarmaq, branch), Kyrgyz тармак (tarmak, branch), Kumyk тармакъ (tarmaq, branch, ramification), Uzbek tarmoq, Uyghur تارماق (tarmaq, branch), Yakut тарбах (tarbaq, finger), etc.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [tɑr.ˈmɑq]
  • Hyphenation: тар‧маҡ

Noun edit

тармаҡ (tarmaq)

  1. branch, branch line, ramification, furcation
    Был – кимәктәргә яҡын төрк ҡәбиләһе, хатта кимәктәрҙең бер тармағы итеп күрһәтелә.
    Bıl – kiməktərgə yaqın törk qəbiləhe, xatta kiməktərźeñ ber tarmağı itep kürhətelə.
    This is a Turkic tribe close to Kimaks, (it is) even indicated as a branch of Kimaks.
  2. (river) branch, arm
  3. (railway) branch, line
  4. (economy) industry (businesses of the same type, considered as a whole); branch, sector
    90-сы йылдарҙа Көнбайыштан килеп тулған арзан тауарҙар был тармаҡты ауыр хәлгә ҡуйҙы.
    90-sı yıldarźa Könbayıştan kilep tulğan arzan tawarźar bıl tarmaqtı awır xəlgə quyźı.
    In the 1990s, cheap goods that have come from the West (and) flooded (the market) put this industry into a difficult position.

Declension edit