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бала-саға

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Bashkir

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Etymology

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A collective term, from *bala-čaqa "children".

A geminate term: Proto-Turkic *bāla (child) + Proto-Turkic *čāka (child).

Cognate with Kazakh бала-шаға (bala-şağa, children), Kyrgyz бала-чака (bala-caka, children), Uzbek bola-chaqa (children), Uyghur بالا-چاقا (bala-chaqa, children), Crimean Tatar bala-çağa (children).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [bɑˈɫɑ.sɑˌʁɑ]
  • Hyphenation: ба‧ла-са‧ға

Noun

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бала-саға (bala-sağa)

  1. (collective) children
    Бынау ҡышҡы hыуыҡта мал артынан йөрөү бала-саға эшеме?
    Bınaw qışqı hıwıqta mal artınan yöröw bala-sağa eşeme?
    In this winter cold, is it children's job to go looking for cattle (that has not returned home)?

Declension

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