Bashkir

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Alternative forms

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  • эшләү (eşləw) (Standard Bashkir, South, North-West)

Etymology

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Eastern Bashkir form of Standard эшләү (eşləw) (see there for more).

From *iš-lä- (to do; make, produce; work), from Proto-Turkic *īĺč (work, act, deed).

Compare with Kazakh істеу (ısteu), Kyrgyz иште- (işte-), Southern Altai иштеер (išteer), Chulym иштӓн-, Shor иште- (to work, make), etc.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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эштәү (eştəw) (Eastern Bashkir)

  1. to work
    Йоҡтамай эштәү кешене баҙата. (East)Yoqtamay eştəw keşene baźata.Working without sleep makes one tired.
  2. to make, produce
  3. to do