Bashkir

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Ике үҫмер музыка тыңлай.
Two adolescents are listening to music.

Etymology

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From action name *tïŋla-ɣu, from Proto-Turkic *tïŋla- (to listen).[1]

Cognate with Old Turkic 𐱃𐰃𐰭𐰞𐰀 (tïŋla-, to listen), Karakhanid تِنْكْلاماقْ (tïŋlāmāq, to listen), Old Uyghur tynklʾmʾq (tïŋlamaq, to listen), Kazakh тыңдау (tyñdau), Turkish dinlemek (to listen), etc.

Verb

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тыңлау (tıñlaw)

  1. to listen
    Егет, тыңла һүҙемде. Асыҡ күрҙең йөҙөмдө, Айһылыу тигән атым бар.
    Yeget, tıñla hüźemde. Asıq kürźeñ yöźömdö, Ayhılıw tigən atım bar.
    Young man, listen to what I say. You have clearly seen my face, I have my name that is Ayhïlïw.
  2. to obey, be obedient; follow somebody's advice
  3. to eavesdrop

References

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