Bashkir

[ bahsh-keer, bash-; Russian buh-shkyeer ]

/ bɑʃˈkɪər, bæʃ-; Russian bʌˈʃkyir /

a member of a people living in the Bashkir Autonomous Republic and adjacent areas.

the Turkic language of the Bashkir, closely related to Tatar.

Example sentences from the Web for bashkir

The cruel Bashkir was affected by the same misery, and manifested the same symptoms of his misery, as the wretched Kalmuck.

Stories of Exile |Various
The Bashkir crossed the threshold with difficulty, for his feet were shackled.

Marie |Alexander Pushkin
The atmosphere for half a hundred feet around a middle-aged Bashkir has no parallel in any sensation known to the human nostril.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. December, 1877. |Various
The old Bashkir was silent, and looked at the Commandant with an air of complete imbecility.

Marie |Alexander Pushkin

This Bashkir, however, was not in rags; he was elegantly attired.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 |Various

Bashkir

/ (bæʃˈkɪə) /

plural -kir or -kirs a member of a Mongoloid people of E central Russia, living chiefly in the Bashkir Republic

the language of this people, belonging to the Turkic branch of the Altaic family