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Bashkir
Etymology
From *birägü (“one of a group; somebody”), from Proto-Turkic *bīr (“one”).
Cognate with
Old Uyghur (birägü, “one of a group; someone”);
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”).
Pronunciation
Numeral
берәү • (berəw)
- (collective numeral) one
Беҙҙең ауылда мәктәп берәү генә.- Beźźeñ awılda məktəp berəw genə.
- There is just one school in our village.
Pronoun
берәү • (berəw)
- (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.
Declension
Declension of берәү (berəw)
References
- ^ 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 101