Bashkir edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ɯ̞ˈrɯ̞m]
  • Hyphenation: ы‧рым

Noun edit

ырым (ırım)

  1. sign of future event(s); omen, proverbial sign, portent
  2. cure, remedy, folk medicine

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Kazakh edit

Alternative scripts
Arabic ىرىم
Cyrillic ырым
Latin yrym
Yañalif ьrьm (rm)

Etymology edit

From Old Turkic ïrq[1] ("prediction", "fate", "guessing"), from Proto-Turkic *ir-

A verbal-noun derivative with the affix -(a)m, homogeneous with words ырық and ырыс. Its basic meanings include "omen", "prediction", fate, "predestination", happiness, and prosperity.

V. Thomsen, B. Y. Vladimirtsov, W. Bang, and A. von Gaben identified the commonality of verb *ır- > ырым (yrym) and ырық (yryq) with yar- meaning "to split", ırıl- meaning "to form cracks", and in ırq and ırım (> yrym) meaning ancient divination accessories found on burnt ram shoulder blades. [2]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ырым (yrym)

  1. superstition, belief

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