Bashkir edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *toŋ (frozen; frost).[1]

Cognate with Kyrgyz тоң (toŋ, frost, frozen), Turkish don (frost), Tuvan доң (doñ, frozen), Yakut тоҥ (toñ, frozen), Chuvash тӑм (tăm, frost).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [tuŋ]
  • Hyphenation: туң (one syllable)

Adjective edit

туң (tuñ)

  1. frozen
    Ҡыш ҡарһыҙ булғанға ер туң, һыу ергә һеңә алмай, шуға йылғалар таша.
    Qış qarhıź bulğanğa yer tuñ, hıw yergə heñə almay, şuğa yılğalar taşa.
    Because the winter has been without snow, soil is frozen, water cannot get absorbed into soil, this is why rivers flood.

References edit

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*doŋ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill