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Bashkir
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *yagï (“enemy, war”).
Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰖𐰍𐰃 (yaɣï, “enemy”), Karakhanid يَغٖى (yaɣï̄, “enemy”); Kazakh жау (jau, “enemy”), Khakas чаа (çaa, “war”), Ottoman Turkish یاغی (yağı, “stranger, enemy”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jɑw/
- Hyphenation: яу (one syllable)
Noun
яу • (yaw)
- (archaic) war
Батыр яуҙан ҡайтмаһа, даны ҡайтыр иленә.- Batır yawźan qaytmaha, danı qaytır ilenə.
- If a hero does not return from war, his good name will return to his homeland.
- battle, fight
Яу ҡыры.- Yaw qırı.
- The field of battle.
- (archaic) enemy
- invading enemy (horse troops)
- enemy's assault or invasion
- enemy's horde or regiment
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