бау

See also: баю and Appendix:Variations of "bau"

Bashkir

Etymology

From Common Kypchak *baw, from Proto-Common Turkic *bāg (rope, binder), from Proto-Turkic *b(i)ā- (to bind, fasten).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (bağ, band, binder; bond); Kazakh бау (bau, cord, binder), Kyrgyz боо (boo, cord, binder), Southern Altai буу (buu, cord), Crimean Tatar bav (knot), Uzbek bogʻ (cord; bundle), Turkish bağ (connection), Yakut быа (bıa, cord, lace), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɑw]
  • Hyphenation: бау (one syllable)

Noun

бау • (baw)

  1. rope, cord, string
  2. (footwear) shoelace

Declension

Declension of бау
singular plural
absolute бау (baw) бауҙар (bawźar)
definite genitive бауҙың (bawźıñ) бауҙарҙың (bawźarźıñ)
dative бауға (bawğa) бауҙарға (bawźarğa)
definite accusative бауҙы (bawźı) бауҙарҙы (bawźarźı)
locative бауҙа (bawźa) бауҙарҙа (bawźarźa)
ablative бауҙан (bawźan) бауҙарҙан (bawźarźan)

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic باۋ
Cyrillic бау
Latin bau

Etymology 1

From Common Kypchak *baw, from Common Turkic Proto-Common Turkic *bāg (rope, binder) "rope, binder", from Proto-Turkic *b(i)ā- (to bind, fasten).

Noun

бау • (bau)

  1. rope, cord, string

Etymology 2

From Persian باغ (bâġ). Doublet of бақ (baq).

Noun

бау • (bau)

  1. garden

Etymology 3

Noun

бау • (bau)

  1. bundle, bunch
Declension
Declension of бау
singular plural
nominative бау (bau) баулар (baular)
genitive баудың (baudyñ) баулардың (baulardyñ)
dative бауға (bauğa) бауларға (baularğa)
accusative бауды (baudy) бауларды (baulardy)
locative бауда (bauda) бауларда (baularda)
ablative баудан (baudan) баулардан (baulardan)
instrumental баумен (baumen) баулармен (baularmen)

Tatar

Noun

бау • (baw)

  1. bow (a type of knot with two loops, used to tie together two cords)