баҡыр

Bashkir

Баҡыр

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bakïr (copper).

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (baqïr), Karachay-Balkar, Kumyk багъыр (bağır), Kyrgyz, Tatar бакыр (baqır), Crimean Tatar baqır, Turkish bakır (copper); Kazakh бақыр (baqyr, copper coin), Southern Altai бакрас (bakras, copper kettle), Yakut баҕарах (bağaraq, kettle, pot) etc.

Compare also Serbo-Croatian bakar (copper), a Turkic borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɑˈqɯ̞r]
  • Hyphenation: ба‧ҡыр

Noun

баҡыр • (baqır)

  1. copper
    Баҡыр оҫтаһы.
    Baqır ośtahı.
    Coppersmith.
    Имгәнеп, ҡоро бушҡа аҙапланма // Баҡыр сыҡмаҫ урындан алтын ҡаҙып.
    İmgənep, qoro buşqa aźaplanma // Baqır sıqmaś urından altın qaźıp.
    Do not take pains in vain, digging for gold at a place that won't produce (even) copper.
    (Aqmulla)

Declension

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