ярау
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Bashkir
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Turkic *yara- (“be beneficial, useful, successful”).[1]
Cognate with Tatar ярарга (yararga), Uzbek yaramoq, Turkish yaramak (“to benefit, serve a purpose”).
Verb
[edit]ярау • (transliteration needed) (intransitive)
- to be allowed/permitted or acceptable
- Бында тәмәке тартырға яраймы?
- Is it allowed to smoke here?
- to be suitable (for a purpose), fit
- Synonym: барыу
- to be useful, be good (for a purpose)
- Оҙон юлда эт тә иптәшкә ярай.
- 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
[edit]ярау • (transliteration needed)
Declension
[edit]Declension of ярау
References
[edit]- ^ 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