ҡарау

ҡарау

Bashkir

Etymology

From *qara- (“to look”), probably borrowed from Middle Mongolian[1], from Proto-Mongolic *kara- (“to look”)[2].

Cognate with Kazakh қарау (qaraw, “to look”), Kyrgyz кара- (kara-, “to look”), Southern Altai кара- (kara-, “to look”), Uzbek qaramoq (“to look”), Uyghur قارىماق‎ (qarimaq, “to look”), Khakas хара- (xara-, “to look”).

Verb

ҡарау • (qaraw)

1. to look, watch

   Ә был йортта малай йәнһүрәт ҡарай.

   Ä bïl yortta malay yänhürät qaray.

   And in this home, a boy is watching a cartoon.

   Эй, егет, ниңә ситтән генә ҡарап тораһың?

   Ey, yeget, niñä sittän genä qarap torahïñ?

   Hey dude, why are you (standing and) only looking from aside?

   Кәртәгә тотоноп, ҡарт оҙаҡ ҡына ауыл урамына ҡарап торҙо.

   Kärtägä totonop, qart oðaq qïna awïl uramïna qarap torðo.

   The old man stood for a long time, holding on a fence and looking at the village street.

2. (transitive) to look after, care for, tend to
3. (transitive) to examine; review
4. (intransitive) to face, overlook

   Ике тәҙрәһе урамға ҡараған ҙур бүлмә.

   Ike täðrähe uramğa qarağan ður bülmä.

   A large room with two windows overlooking the street.

5. # (intransitive) to belong to, fall under, belong under

Derived terms

• ҡарағанда (qarağanda, “as compared to”)
• ҡарамаҫтан (qaramaθtan, “despite, notwithstanding”).

References

1. Levitskaja, L. S.; Dybo, A. V.; Rassadin, V. I. (1997) , “қара-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume 5, Moscow: Jazyki russkoj kulʹtury, page 288-289
2. “*kara-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill.