бөртөк

Bashkir

Etymology

From *bürtük (grain, particle) — apparently a Kypchak innovation from Proto-Turkic *bür (bud; grain).

Cognate with Kazakh бүртік (bürtik, grain, particle), Kyrgyz бүртүк (bürtük, grain, particle), Karachay-Balkar бюртюк (grain), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bʏ̞rˈtʏ̞k]
  • Hyphenation: бөр‧төк

Noun

бөртөк (börtök)

  1. a single particle of a substance; grain, granule
    Тары бөртөгө.
    Tarï börtögö.
    A grain of millet.
    Ҡом бөртөгө.
    Qom börtögö.
    A grain of sand.
    Алтын бөртөгө.
    Altïn börtögö.
    Gold grain.
    Ҡар бөртөгө.
    Qar börtögö.
    A flake of snow.
  2. (cereals) grain
  3. measure word, used especially in implication of a small number of the counted objects

Declension

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