суҡыныу

Compare to Kazakh шоқыну (şoqınw), Kyrgyz чокунуу (çoqunuu), Kumyk чокъунмакъ (çoqunmaq), Uzbek choʻqinmoq, Uyghur چوقۇنماق‎ (choqunmaq), Turkmen çokunmak (“to cross oneself; to get baptized”), Khakas соғынарға (soğınarğa, “to pray; to worship”).

• IPA^(key): [su.qɯ̞n-] (verb stem)

суҡыныу • (suqïnïw) (intransitive)

1. (Christianity) to cross oneself, make the sign of the cross
2. to accept Christianity; be christened, be baptized
3. (figurative, especially about pagans, takes dative case) to worship

   Synonym: табыныу (tabïnïw)

4. (vulgar) an expletive verb used in maledictions; to die

   Synonyms: дөмөгөү (dömögöw), сәсрәү (säsräw), сәнселеү (sänselew)

• Note that historically the Bashkir traditionally follow the Sunni Islam and have never accepted Christianity. Historically, as part of the colonization by the Russian Empire, there have been repeated attempts by the czarist government to baptize them either forcedly or by offering economical incentives. Those invividual Bashkirs who ended up baptized were typically ostracized from their home communities and were generally considered dead. Hence the general negative connotations and the expletive usage.