Bashkir

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Etymology

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From *yag-du (light, bright), from Proto-Turkic *yak- (to burn; produce fire).[1]

Cognate with Tatar якты (yaktı, light), Uzbek yogʻdu (light), Turkmen ýagty (light, bright), Chuvash ҫутӑ (śut̬ă, light, bright).

See also яғыу (yağıw, make fire).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [jɑqˈtɯ̞]
  • Hyphenation: яҡ‧ты

Adjective

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яҡты (yaqtı)

  1. clear, bright, light
    Яҡты бүлмә.
    Yaqtı bülmə.
    A bright room.

Noun

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яҡты (yaqtı)

  1. light
    Көн яҡтыһы.
    Kön yaqtıhı.
    Daylight.
    Ай яҡтыһы.
    Ay yaqtıhı.
    Moonlight.

Declension

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Antonyms

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References

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