Bashkir edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *ïĺan- (to believe, trust)[1].

Verb edit

ышаныу (ışanıw) (intransitive, takes dative case)

  1. to believe
    Алдаҡсы булһаң, һиңә кем ышана?
    Aldaqsı bulhaŋ, hiŋä kem ışana?
    If you are a lier, who will believe you?
  2. to trust
  3. to rely on

Derived terms edit

References edit

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