Bashkir edit

Etymology edit

From *törä (aristocrat; bureaucrat; state official), perhaps related to Old Uyghur [script needed] (törä, law; custom), and/or to Proto-Turkic *tȫr (seat of honor).

Cognate with Tatar түрә (türä, state official), Kazakh төре (töre, a descendant of Genghis Khan; aristocrat; high-ranking state official), Kyrgyz төрө (törö, lord, mister; bureaucrat), Uzbek toʻra (state official; aristocrat), Shor төре (city mayor, head of district), etc.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [tʏˈræ]
  • Hyphenation: тү‧рә

Noun edit

түрә (türə)

  1. (especially high-ranking) state/government official, officer of any state agency
    Был һорауға түрә тотҡарлыҡһыҙ яуап бирә алманы.
    Bıl horawğa türə totqarlıqhıź yawap birə almanı.
    The state officer was not able to give an immediate answer to this question.

Declension edit