ярау

Bashkir

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *yara- (“be beneficial, useful, successful”)[1].

Cognate with Tatar ярарга (yararga), Uzbek yaramoq, Turkish yaramak (“to benefit, serve a purpose”).

Verb

ярау • (yaraw) (intransitive)

  1. to be allowed/permitted or acceptable
    Бында тәмәке тартырға яраймы?
    Bïnda tämäke tartïrğa yaraymï?
    Is it allowed to smoke here?
  2. to be suitable (for a purpose), fit
  3. to be useful, be good (for a purpose)
    Оҙон юлда эт тә иптәшкә ярай.
    Oðon yulda et tä iptäškä yaray.
    On a long road (trip), a dog is ok to keep you company.
  4. (clothes, footware) to fit, suit
  5. to appeal (to somebody), induce a favorable opinion

Noun

ярау • (yaraw)

  1. (formal, euphemistic) bodily urge to urinate or defecate; call of nature
    Synonym: хәжәт (xäžät)

Declension
Inflection of ярау (yaraw)
singular plural
absolute ярау (yaraw) ярауҙар (yarawðar)
definite genitive ярауҙың (yarawðïñ) ярауҙарҙың (yarawðarðïñ)
dative ярауға (yarawğa) ярауҙарға (yarawðarğa)
definite accusative ярауҙы (yarawðï) ярауҙарҙы (yarawðarðï)
locative ярауҙа (yarawða) ярауҙарҙа (yarawðarða)
ablative ярауҙан (yarawðan) ярауҙарҙан (yarawðarðan)

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