Bashkir

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [tʲi.ˈrɪ̞θ]
  • Hyphenation: ти‧реҫ

Etymology 1

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Borrowing from an Oghur source, cf. Chuvash тирӗс (tirĕs, feces, manure).

Noun

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тиреҫ (tireś)

  1. livestock or poultry manure mixed with hay or straw remnants, typically left to decompose and then used as fertilizer

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Turkic *ters (adverse; opposite; wrong; north).

Compare Old Uyghur [script needed] (ters, adverse; difficult), Kyrgyz тескей (teskey, northern slope), Southern Altai терс (ters, opposite), Uzbek terskay (northern slope; opposite), Azerbaijani tərs, Turkish ters.

Noun

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тиреҫ (tireś)

  1. (rare) north
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