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Bashkir
Etymology
A dvandva compound: Proto-Turkic *ata (“father”) + Proto-Turkic *bāba (“father; grandfather; ancestor”).
Cognate with
Kazakh ата-баба (ata-baba),
Karachay-Balkar ата-баба (ata-baba),
Uzbek ota-bobo,
Uyghur ئاتابابا (atababa), ئاتابوۋا (atabowa),
Turkmen ata-baba,
Azerbaijani ata-baba (“ancestors”), etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): ,
- Hyphenation: а‧та-ба‧ба
Noun
ата-баба • (ata-baba)
- (collective) (paternal) ancestors, forefathers
Мин ата-бабаларымдың ун быуынға ҡәҙәр кемдәр булыуын асыҡланым.- Min ata-babalarımdıñ un bıwınğa qəźər kemdər bulıwın asıqlanım.
- I have found out up to ten generations of who my ancestors were.
Ата-бабалар иҫтәлеге — халыҡ үҙаңының айырып алғыһыҙ өлөшө.- Ata-babalar iśtəlege — xalıq üźañınıñ ayırıp alğıhıź ölöşö.
- The memory of ancestors is an indispensable part of an ethnic group's self-identity.
Usage notes
Declension
Declension of ата-баба (ata-baba)