Bashkir

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Etymology

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From *ündäš- (to greet; call one another), reciprocal of *ündä- (to call, address, speak to) (compare Old Uyghur [script needed] (ündä-, to call, speak to)[1]), derived from Proto-Turkic *ǖn (voice, sound).[2]

Cognate with Tatar дәшәргә (däşärgä, to address, greet), Kazakh үндесу (ündesu, to call to one another), Southern Altai ӱндежер (ündežer, to call to each other), Uyghur ئۈندەشمەك (ündeshmek), Khakas ӱндезерге (ündezerge, to great, address).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʏ̞n.dæʃ-], [ɪ̞n.dæʃ-] (verb stem)

Verb

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өндәшеү (öndəşew) (intransitive, takes dative case)

  1. to (try to) establish voice contact with sb.; to speak to sb. first, greet sb., address sb.
    Өндәштем — ишетмәне.
    Öndəştem — işetməne.
    I said hello, (but s/he) didn't hear.
  2. (in negative forms) keep silent, say nothing

References

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  1. ^ Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 625
  2. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*ǖn”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill