суҡыныу
Bashkir
Etymology
Compare to Kazakh шоқыну (şoqynu), Kyrgyz чокунуу (cokunuu), Kumyk чокъунмакъ (çoqunmaq), Uzbek choʻqinmoq, Uyghur چوقۇنماق (choqunmaq), Turkmen çokunmak (“to cross oneself; to get baptized”), Khakas соғынарға (soğınarğa, “to pray; to worship”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [so.qɯ̞n-] (verb stem)
Verb
суҡыныу • (suqınıw) (intransitive)
- (Christianity) to cross oneself, make the sign of the cross
- to accept Christianity; be christened, be baptized
- (figurative, especially about pagans, takes dative case) to worship
- Synonym: табыныу (tabınıw)
- (vulgar) an expletive verb used in maledictions; to die
- Synonyms: дөмөгөү (dömögöw), сәсрәү (səsrəw), сәнселеү (sənselew)
Usage notes
- Note that historically the Bashkir traditionally follow the Sunni Islam and have never accepted Christianity. Historically, as part of the colonization by the Russian Empire, there have been repeated attempts by the czarist government to baptize them either forcedly or by offering economical incentives. Those individual Bashkirs who ended up baptized were typically ostracized from their home communities and were generally considered dead. Hence the general negative connotations and the expletive usage.
References
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