ярау
Bashkir
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *yara- (“be beneficial, useful, successful”).[1]
Cognate with Tatar ярарга (yararga), Uzbek yaramoq, Turkish yaramak (“to benefit, serve a purpose”).
Verb
ярау • (yaraw) (intransitive)
- to be allowed/permitted or acceptable
- Бында тәмәке тартырға яраймы?
- Bında təməke tartırğa yaraymı?
- Is it allowed to smoke here?
- to be suitable (for a purpose), fit
- Synonym: барыу (barıw)
- to be useful, be good (for a purpose)
- Оҙон юлда эт тә иптәшкә ярай.
- Oźon yulda et tə iptəşkə yaray.
- On a long road (trip), a dog is ok to keep you company.
- (clothes, footwear) to fit, suit
- to appeal (to somebody), induce a favorable opinion
Noun
ярау • (yaraw)
- (formal, euphemistic) bodily urge to urinate or defecate; call of nature
- Synonym: хәжәт (xəjət)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ярау (yaraw) | ярауҙар (yarawźar) |
| definite genitive | ярауҙың (yarawźıñ) | ярауҙарҙың (yarawźarźıñ) |
| dative | ярауға (yarawğa) | ярауҙарға (yarawźarğa) |
| definite accusative | ярауҙы (yarawźı) | ярауҙарҙы (yarawźarźı) |
| locative | ярауҙа (yarawźa) | ярауҙарҙа (yarawźarźa) |
| ablative | ярауҙан (yarawźan) | ярауҙарҙан (yarawźarźan) |
References
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jara-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill