ҡурҡыу

Bashkir

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kork- (“to fear”).

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (qorq-), Old Uyghur [script needed] (qorq-, “to fear”);[1] Kazakh қорқу (qorqu), Uzbek qoʻrqmoq, Azerbaijani qorxmak, Turkish korkmak, Tuvan коргар (korgar), Chuvash хӑра (hăra, “to fear”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [qurq-]

Verb

ҡурҡыу • (qurqıw) (intransitive)

  1. to fear, to be afraid
    Атаһы эргәһендә бала бер нимәнән дә ҡурҡмай.
    Atahı ergəhendə bala ber nimənən də qurqmay.
    A child is not afraid of anything (when) next to his/her father.
    Беҙҙең ойошма конкурент көрәшенән ҡурҡмай.
    Beźźeñ oyoşma konkurent körəşenən qurqmay.
    Our organization is not afraid of competitive struggle.

Derived terms

References
  1. Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 458
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