Bashkir
Americannoun
plural
Bashkirs,plural
Bashkir-
a member of a people living in the Bashkir Autonomous Republic and adjacent areas.
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the Turkic language of the Bashkir, closely related to Tatar.
noun
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a member of a Mongoloid people of E central Russia, living chiefly in the Bashkir Republic
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the language of this people, belonging to the Turkic branch of the Altaic family
Example Sentences
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Mr. Alsynov had called for greater cultural and economic autonomy for the predominantly Muslim Bashkir people of Russia’s Ural Mountains.
From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2024
Alsynov was a leader of a group that advocated for preserving the Bashkir language and culture, and protested limestone and gold mining operations in the region.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2024
Tatar and Bashkir are closely related languages spoken by indigenous peoples in two central Russian regions.
From BBC • Oct. 19, 2023
The 28,000 Russian, Bashkir, and Tatar farmers living on the river—drinking, cooking, and bathing with river water—had no idea.
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2013
Iwán Ignatiitch went off to seek the Bashkir, who was under lock and key in the Commandant's barn, and a few minutes later he was brought into the ante-room.
From The Daughter of the Commandant by Milne-Home, Mary Pamela
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