берәү

From *birägü (“one of a group; somebody”), from Proto-Turkic *bīr (“one”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur (birägü, “one of a group; someone”);^[1] Turkish birey, Kazakh біреу (bıreu), Kyrgyz бирөө (biröö, “one (of several); someone, something”), Southern Altai бирӱ (birü, “one (of several); one piece”), Karachay-Balkar биреу (birew, “somebody”), Kumyk бирев (birew, “somebody”), Uzbek birov (“one; someone”).

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• Hyphenation: бе‧рәү

берәү • (berəw)

1. (collective number) one

   Беҙҙең ауылда мәктәп берәү генә.

   Beźźeñ awılda məktəp berəw genə.

   There is just one school in our village.

берәү • (berəw)

1. (indefinite pronoun) somebody, someone

   Берәү ишек туҡылдата.

   Berəw işek tuqıldata.

   Someone is knocking at the door.

   Үрге урамда берәү әсе итеп һыҙғырып ебәрҙе.

   Ürge uramda berəw əse itep hıźğırıp yebərźe.

   Somebody in the upper street gave an ear-splitting whistle.