Bashkir

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Etymology

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Possibly from Proto-Turkic *kɨr (uncultivated land). Cognate with Kazakh қырыс (qyrys, non-compliant, bad-tempered), Kyrgyz кырс (kırs, quick-tempered, touchy).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [qɯ̞ˈɾɯ̞θ]
  • Hyphenation: ҡы‧рыҫ

Adjective

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ҡырыҫ (qırıś)

  1. (of a person's manners, attitude toward other people) stern
  2. bleak, grim, harsh (of environment, natural conditions)
  3. behaving in a somewhat wild way, not quite domesticated (of domestic animals)