бөжәк

Bashkir

Төрлө бөжәктәр.
Various insects.

Etymology

From *bȫgček, where -ček is a diminutive suffix, from Proto-Turkic *bȫg (insect)[1].

Cognate with Tatar бөҗәк (böcäk, insect), Kazakh бөжек (böjek, insect), Azerbaijani böcək, Turkmen möjek, Crimean Tatar böcek, Turkish böcek (insect), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bʏ̞ˈʒæk]
  • Hyphenation: бө‧жәк

Noun

бөжәк (böjäk)

  1. insect, bug
    Бал ҡорто – ғәжәп аҡыллы, бик егәрле бөжәк.
    Bal qorto – ğäjäp aqıllı, bik yegärle böjäk.
    The bee is an amazingly intelligent (and) very hard-working insect.
    Гәрәбә эсендә һаҡланып ҡалған бороңғо бөжәктәрҙе өйрәнеү.
    Gäräbä esendä haqlanıp qalğan boroŋğo böjäktärðe öyränew.
    The study of ancient insects preserved within amber.

Declension

References

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