Definitions

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to a certain Turkic ethnic group that lives mostly in the Russian republic of Bashkortostan.
  • noun A Bakshir person; a member of the Bakshir ethnic group.
  • proper noun A Turkic language with many dialects, spoken in parts of Russia, Uzbekistan, and Kazakhstan.

Etymologies

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From Russian башкир (baškír).

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Examples

  • 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

  • Russia's central Asian languages such as Bashkir, Tatar, Chaghatai, and Chechen sporadically used Arabic but now all use Cyrillic.

    ComingAnarchy.com Curzon 2010

  • In the event, the Tatar and Bashkir presidents made only muted criticisms and offered to mediate.

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • In the event, the Tatar and Bashkir presidents made only muted criticisms and offered to mediate.

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • In the event, the Tatar and Bashkir presidents made only muted criticisms and offered to mediate.

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • In the event, the Tatar and Bashkir presidents made only muted criticisms and offered to mediate.

    The Return Daniel Treisman 2011

  • 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

  • RussiaRussian 79.8%, Tatar 3.8%, Ukrainian 2%, Bashkir 1.2%, Chuvash 1.1%, other or unspecified 12.1% (2002 census)

    Ethnic groups 2008

  • 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.

    languagehat.com: TURKIC LINKS. 2004

  • 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.

    languagehat.com: EARLY SOVIET CHILDREN'S BOOKS. 2004

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