Bashkir edit

 
Өйөр (sense 1).

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *ögür (a herd of horses, group of wild animals").

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (ügür, herd of horses, pack, flock of wild animals); Kazakh үйір (üiır), Kyrgyz үйүр (üyür, a herd of horses), Uzbek uyur (a herd of horses), Southern Altai ӱӱр (üür, a herd of horses, group of wild animals), Khakas ӧӧр (a herd of horses, group of wild animals), Yakut үөр (üör, a herd of horses, group of wild animals); Karachay-Balkar юйюр (üyür, family); etc.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʏ̞ˈjʏ̞r]
  • Hyphenation: ө‧йөр

Noun edit

өйөр (öyör)

  1. (horses) a herd (with one stallion as the leader, several mares and their young)
  2. (dogs, wolves) pack
  3. (birds) flock
  4. (fish) school, shoal

See also edit

  • көтөү (kötöw, group of cows and/or sheep driven daily for grazing)
  • туп (tup, flock of birds)