Bashkir

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Etymology

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From Mongolic silükei ~ šilükei "saliva", from Proto-Mongolic *sil- (saliva; mucus; wet).

Note that the s-/š- variation at the beginning (compare шеләгәй) go back to the diachronous variation within Mongolic.

Cognate with Tuvan шилегей (şilegey), Khakas сілегей (sìlegey), Crimean Tatar silekiy, Kazakh сілекей (sılekei, saliva), etc.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [hɪ̞.læ.ˈɡæj]
  • Hyphenation: һе‧лә‧гәй

Noun

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һеләгәй (heləgəy)

  1. saliva

Declension

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Synonyms

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