матур

Bashkir

Etymology

Cognate with Tatar матур (matur, beautiful) and Chuvash маттур (mattur, strong, stout; dextrous; brave; beautiful). Presumably, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bagatur (hero).[1]

Irregular nasalization and preservation of a roundness-disharmonic high vowel could be indicative of some sort of reloaning scenario.

Doublet of батыр (batır, hero, brave).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɑˈtʊɾ]
  • Hyphenation: ма‧тур

Adjective

матур • (matur)

  1. beautiful, nice
    Ул бик ҡиммәтле матур ынйы тапҡас, ҡайтып бар мөлкәтен һатҡан да, шул ынйыны алған. (Matthew 13:46)
    Ul bik qimmətle matur ınyı tapqas, qaytıp bar mölkəten hatqan da, şul ınyını alğan.
    When he found a very valuable, beautiful pearl, (he) went home, sold all his belongings and bought that pearl.
  2. good, fair, beautiful (of weather)

References

  1. Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 331

Tatar

Etymology

See Bashkir матур (matur).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mɑ.ˈtur]
  • Hyphenation: ма‧тур

Adjective

матур • (matur)

  1. beautiful
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