Bashkir

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *kïčgïr- (to shout, cry).[1]

Cognate with Crimean Tatar qıçırmaq, Uzbek qichqirmoq (to shout), Azerbaijani qışqırmaq (to scream).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ҡысҡырыу (qısqırıw) (ambitransitive)

  1. to shout, cry, yell
  2. (animals) to make the cry typical of the respective species; bray, crow, caw, cuckoo, etc.
    Ҡоҙғон ҡайһы тирәлә ҡысҡырһа, шунда мәйет була.
    Qoźğon qayhı tirələ qısqırha, şunda məyet bula.
    Where a raven caws, there will be a dead man.

References

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  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kɨč-gɨr-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill