алдау

Bashkir

Etymology

From Common Turkic *ālda- (“to lie, deceive”), a derivation from Common Turkic *āl (“craftiness; lie; strategy; way of doing”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɑɫ.dɑ-] (verb stem)
  • IPA(key): [ɑɫˈdɑw] (verbal noun)

Verb

алдау • (aldaw) (intransitive)

  1. to lie, to deceive

Noun

алдау • (aldaw)

  1. (action noun) an act or practice of lying; lie, deception
    «Бер тапҡыр йәшәйбеҙ», - тиҙәр улар һәм булғанын иҫәп-хисапһыҙ тотоналар, нәфселәре алдауына эйәрәләр.
    «Ber tapqır yəşəybeź», - tiźər ular həm bulğanın iśəp-xisaphıź totonalar, nəfseləre aldawına eyərələr.
    "We live (only) once", they say and spend what they have without counting, follow their egos' lies.

References
  1. Sevortjan, E. V. (1974) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: Nauka, page 126
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