Bashkir edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *kork- (to fear).

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (qorq-), Old Uyghur [script needed] (qorq-, to fear);[1] Kazakh қорқу (qorqu), Uzbek qoʻrqmoq, Azerbaijani qorxmak, Turkish korkmak, Tuvan коргар (korgar), Chuvash хӑра (hăra, to fear).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

ҡурҡыу (qurqıw) (intransitive)

  1. to fear, to be afraid
    Атаһы эргәһендә бала бер нимәнән дә ҡурҡмай.
    Atahı ergəhendə bala ber nimənən də qurqmay.
    A child is not afraid of anything (when) next to his/her father.
    Беҙҙең ойошма конкурент көрәшенән ҡурҡмай.
    Beźźeñ oyoşma konkurent körəşenən qurqmay.
    Our organization is not afraid of competitive struggle.

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References edit

  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 458