ашыу

Bashkir

Etymology

Action noun of aš- "to surpass", from Proto-Turkic *(i)āĺ- (“to cross (a mountain), to surpass”).[1]

Compare to Kyrgyz ашык (aşık, “surplus, excessive”), Uzbek oshiq (“more than; excessive”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɑˈʂɯ̞w]
  • Hyphenation: а‧шыу

Adverb

ашыу • (ašïw) (takes ablative case)

  1. over, more than
    Был кварталда актриса алтмыш йылдан ашыу йәшәгән.
    Bïl kvartalda aktrisa altmïš yïldan ašïw yäšägän.
    The actress lived in this city block for over sixty years.
    Ул ваҡытта Александрия үҙенең 700 меңдән ашыу ҡулъяҙма йыйылған китапханаһы менән дан тота.
    Ul vaqïtta Aleksandriya üðeneñ 700 meñdän ašïw qulʺyaðma yïyïlğan kitapxanahï menän dan tota.
    At that time, Alexandria was famous for its library, in which over 700,000 manuscripts were collected.
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References
  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*(i)āĺ-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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