ошаҡ

Bashkir

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *uĺak (slander).

Cognate with Kyrgyz өсек (ösek, slander; gossip), Kyrgyz ушак (uşak, slander; gossip), Uyghur ئۇششاق (ushshaq, slander; gossip).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʊ̞ˈʂɑq/
  • Hyphenation: о‧шаҡ

Noun

ошаҡ (ošaq)

  1. the act or practice of informing on somebody else in betrayal of that person; snitching
  2. making a malicous statement about somebody else or misrepresenting that person's deeds, thus damaging that person's reputation; slander

Declension

Derived terms

  • ошаҡсы (ošaqsï, informer, tattletale)
  • ошаҡлау (ošaqlaw, to infrom on somebody)
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