Bashkir edit

Etymology edit

From *tuyğu (feeling, sensation; instinct), which appears to be a medieval innovation; derived from the verb *tuy- "to notice; to feel", earliest attested in Old Turkic and Old Uyghur in the meaning "to notice".

Cognate with Kazakh тұйғы (tūiğy, sensation, instinct), Uzbek tuygʻu (sensation, instinct), Uyghur تۇيغۇ (tuyghu, sensation, instinct), Turkmen duýgy (sensation, feeling), Turkish duygu (sensation, feeling), etc.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [tʊ̞jˈʁʊ̞]
  • Hyphenation: той‧ғо

Noun edit

тойғо (toyğo)

  1. (physical) feeling; sensation, perception
  2. (emotional) feeling or experience; the faculty of having such experience
  3. instinct

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

  • (emotional feeling; sense) хис (xis)