Bashkir

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *silk- (to shake).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /hɪ̞lk-/ (verb stem)

Verb

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һелкеү (helkew)

  1. to shake
    Эсер алдынан яҡшылап һелкегеҙ.
    Eser aldınan yaqşılap helkegeź.
    Shake well before drinking.

References

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