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Bashkir
Alternative forms
- башлау (başlaw) (Standard Bashkir, South, North-West)
Etymology
Eastern Bashkir form of Standard башлау (başlaw) (see there for more).
Compare with
Kazakh бастау (bastau),
Kyrgyz башта- (başta-),
Southern Altai башта- (bašta-),
Khakas паста- (pasta-),
Chulym башта- (“to begin”).
Pronunciation
Verb
баштау • (baştaw) (Eastern Bashkir)
- (transitive, intransitive) to begin (sth., to do sth.)