Definitions
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- adjective Of or pertaining to a certain
Turkic ethnic group that lives mostly in theRussian republic ofBashkortostan . - noun A Bakshir person; a member of the Bakshir ethnic group.
- proper noun A
Turkic language with many dialects, spoken in parts ofRussia ,Uzbekistan , andKazakhstan .
Etymologies
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Examples
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He was a kind of Bashkir troubadour, well acquainted not only with the music, but also with the traditions, the history, the superstitions, and the folk-lore of his people.
Russia Donald Mackenzie Wallace 1880
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Russia's central Asian languages such as Bashkir, Tatar, Chaghatai, and Chechen sporadically used Arabic but now all use Cyrillic.
ComingAnarchy.com Curzon 2010
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In the event, the Tatar and Bashkir presidents made only muted criticisms and offered to mediate.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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In the event, the Tatar and Bashkir presidents made only muted criticisms and offered to mediate.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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In the event, the Tatar and Bashkir presidents made only muted criticisms and offered to mediate.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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In the event, the Tatar and Bashkir presidents made only muted criticisms and offered to mediate.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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Ethnic groups: Russian 79.8%, Tatar 3.8%, Ukrainian 2%, Bashkir 1.2%, Chuvash 1.1%, other or unspecified 12.1% (2002 census)
Russia 2008
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RussiaRussian 79.8%, Tatar 3.8%, Ukrainian 2%, Bashkir 1.2%, Chuvash 1.1%, other or unspecified 12.1% (2002 census)
Ethnic groups 2008
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These riches come via Renee, whose interesting entry on "Negations and epic poetry" also links to material on Bashkir, as well as quoting a Bashkir epic in Bashkir, Russian and English.
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Fine detective work from entangledbank in the comments has shown that "Ofo" is the Bashkir equivalent of Russian Ufa, the name of the capital of Bashkortostan, so this is indeed a Bashkir book.
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