бирӱ
Southern Altai
Etymology
From *birägü (“one of a group; somebody”), from Proto-Turkic *bīr (“one”).
Cognate withOld Uyghur [script needed] (birägü, “one of a group; someone”);Turkish birey,Kazakh біреу (birew),Kyrgyz бирөө (biröö, “one (of several); someone, something”),Tatar берәү (beräü, “one (of several); one piece”),Karachay-Balkar биреу (birew, “somebody”),Kumyk бирев (birew, “somebody”),Uzbek birov (“one; someone”).
Numeral
бирӱ • (birü)
- one (of several), one
Related terms
- бир (bir)
References
N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “бирӱ”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ, M.: OGIZ, →ISBN
Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “бирӱ”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ [Altaic–Russian Dictionary], Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN