уртаҡ

Bashkir

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ortuk (“friend, companion; shared, common, mutual”), apparently related to *ortu ~ *orta "middle" (see урта), from *or- (“middle; place”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (ortuq, “friend, companion”), Karakhanid [script needed] (ortaq, “friend, companion”); Kazakh ортақ (ortaq, “shared, common, mutual”), Kumyk ортакъ (ortaq, “common, shared”), Kyrgyz орток (ortok, “friend, companion; shared”), Southern Altai орток (ortok, “common, shared”), Uzbek oʻrtoq (“friend, companion”), Uyghur ئورتاق (ortaq, “common, shared; friend, companion”), Turkish ortak (“common, shared; associate, partner”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ur.ˈtɑq]
• Hyphenation: ур‧таҡ

Adjective

уртаҡ • (transliteration needed)

1. common, shared, mutual

   Уртаҡ маҡсат берләштерә.

   A shared goal unites (people).

   Уртаҡ үҙгәреүсәнде йәйә тышына сығарып күсереп яҙайыҡ.

   Let us rewrite (the expression) by taking the common variable outside of the brackets.

Adverb

уртаҡ • (transliteration needed)

1. equally, fifty-fifty