бирӱ

Southern Altai

Etymology

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

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (birägü, one of a group; someone); Turkish birey, Kazakh біреу (bıreu), Kyrgyz бирөө (biröö, one (of several); someone, something), Tatar берәү (beräw, one (of several); one piece), Karachay-Balkar биреу (birew, somebody), Kumyk бирев (birew, somebody), Uzbek birov (one; someone).

Numeral

бирӱ • (birü)

  1. one (of several), one

References

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “бирӱ”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN

Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “бирӱ”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN

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