Bashkir

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Etymology

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From *qačğïn (fugitive), from Proto-Turkic *kač- (to run away, flee).

Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (qačğïn, fugitive),[1] Kyrgyz качкын (kackın, fugitive; defector); Southern Altai качкын (kačkïn, dugitive), Uzbek qochqin (fugitive; defector), Uyghur قاچقۇن (qachqun, fugitive; defector), etc.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [qɑsˈqɯ̞n]
  • Hyphenation: ҡас‧ҡын

Noun

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ҡасҡын (qasqın)

  1. refugee
  2. runaway, fugitive; escapee
  3. deserter, defector

Declension

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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 400