ҡысҡырыу

Bashkir

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kïčgïr- (“to shout, cry”).[1]

Cognate with Crimean Tatar qıçırmaq, Uzbek qichqirmoq (“to shout”), Azerbaijani qışqırmaq (“to scream”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [qɯ̞s.qɯ̞ɾ-]

Verb

ҡысҡырыу • (qısqırıw) (ambitransitive)

  1. to shout, cry, yell
  2. (animals) to make the cry typical of the respective species; bray, crow, caw, cuckoo, etc.
    Ҡоҙғон ҡайһы тирәлә ҡысҡырһа, шунда мәйет була.
    Qoźğon qayhı tirələ qısqırha, şunda məyet bula.
    Where a raven caws, there will be a dead man.

References
  1. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kɨč-gɨr-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎, Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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