ашыу
Bashkir
Etymology
Action noun of aš- "to surpass", from Proto-Turkic *(i)āĺ- (“to cross (a mountain), to surpass”).[1]
Compare to Kyrgyz ашык (aşık, “surplus, excessive”), Uzbek oshiq (“more than; excessive”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɑˈʂɯ̞w]
- Hyphenation: а‧шыу
Adverb
ашыу • (ašïw) (takes ablative case)
- over, more than
- Был кварталда актриса алтмыш йылдан ашыу йәшәгән.
- Bïl kvartalda aktrisa altmïš yïldan ašïw yäšägän.
- The actress lived in this city block for over sixty years.
- Ул ваҡытта Александрия үҙенең 700 меңдән ашыу ҡулъяҙма йыйылған китапханаһы менән дан тота.
- Ul vaqïtta Aleksandriya üðeneñ 700 meñdän ašïw qulʺyaðma yïyïlğan kitapxanahï menän dan tota.
- At that time, Alexandria was famous for its library, in which over 700,000 manuscripts were collected.
Synonyms
- (more than, over) артыҡ (artïq)
References
- Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*(i)āĺ-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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