берәү
Bashkir
Etymology
From *birägü (“one of a group; somebody”), from Proto-Turkic *bīr (“one”).
Cognate withOld Uyghur [script needed] (birägü, “one of a group; someone”)[1];Kazakh біреу (birew),Kyrgyz бирөө (biröö, “one (of several); someone, something”),Southern Altai бирӱ (birü, “one (of several); one piece”),Karachay-Balkar биреу (bireu, “somebody”),Kumyk бирев (birev, “somebody”),Uzbek birov (“one; someone”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bɪ̞ˈræw]
- Hyphenation: бе‧рәү
Numeral
берәү • (beräw)
- (collective numeral) one
- Беҙҙең ауылда мәктәп берәү генә.
- Beððeñ awïlda mäktäp beräw genä.
- There is just one school in our village.
Pronoun
берәү • (beräw)
- (indefinite pronoun) somebody, someone
- Берәү ишек туҡылдата.
- Beräw išek tuqïldata.
- Someone is knocking at the door.
References
- Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969) Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 101