Bashkir

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Etymology

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Compare Old Uyghur [script needed] (qaraqčï, robber, bandit), Karakhanid [script needed] (qaraqla-, to rob).[1]

Relation to qara- (to look) is unclear.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [qɑˈrɑq]
  • Hyphenation: ҡа‧раҡ

Noun

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ҡараҡ (qaraq)

  1. thief
    Һеҙ хазинаны күктә йыйығыҙ: унда көйә лә ҡырҡмай, тут та баҫмай, ҡараҡтар ҙа инеп урламай. (Matthew 6:19)
    Heź xazinanı küktə yıyığıź: unda köyə lə qırqmay, tut ta baśmay, qaraqtar źa inep urlamay.
    Collect (your) treasure in the sky: there, moth does not corrupt, rust does not corrupt, and thieves do not enter and steal.

Declension

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Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 425