өлкә

Bashkir

Etymology

From *ülkä ~ *ölkä (administrative region), from Proto-Turkic *ül- (to divide).

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (ülkä, administrative region); Kazakh өлке (ölke), Kyrgyz өлкө (ölkö, country, land), Kumyk уьлке (country), Uzbek o'lka (region, country), Uyghur ئولكە (olke, country; province), Turkish ülke (country), Azerbaijani ölkə (country), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʏ̞lˈkæ]
  • Hyphenation: өл‧кә

Noun

өлкә (ölkä)

  1. oblast, administrative region in Russia and the former Soviet Union
    Ырымбур өлкәһе.
    Ïrïmbur ölkähe.
    The Orenburg Oblast.
    Силәбе өлкәһендә йәшәүсе башҡорттарҙы тыуған телде уҡытыу мәсьәләләре борсой.
    Siläbe ölkähendä yäšäwse bašqorttarðï tïwğan telde uqïtïw mäs’äläläre borsoy.
    The Bashkirs who live in The Chelyabinsk Oblast are concerned over the problems of teaching (their) native language.
  2. (figuratively) province, sphere, field, area
    "Тереклек" атамаһы төрлө өлкәләрҙә төрлөсә билдәләнә, ҡайһы осраҡтарҙа аныҡ билдәләмә биреүһеҙ ҡулланыла.
    "Tereklek" atamahï törlö ölkälärðä törlösä bildälänä, qayhï osraqtarða anïq bildälämä birewheð qullanïla.
    The term "life" is defined in varying ways in different areas (of knowledge); in some cases, it is used without giving it an explicit definition.

Declension

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