бау

See also: баю and Appendix:Variations of "bau"

Bashkir

Бау

Etymology

From Common Kypchak *baw, from Proto-Common Turkic *bāg (“rope, binder”), from Proto-Turkic *b(i)ā- (“to bind, fasten”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (bağ, “band, binder; bond”); Kazakh бау (bau, “cord, binder”), Kyrgyz боо (boo, “cord, binder”), Southern Altai буу (buu, “cord”), Crimean Tatar bav (“knot”), Uzbek bogʻ (“cord; bundle”), Turkish bağ (“connection”), Yakut быа (bıa, “cord, lace”), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɑw]
• Hyphenation: бау (one syllable)

Noun

бау • (baw)

1. rope, cord, string
2. (footwear) shoelace

Declension

Declension of бау

	singular	plural
absolute	бау (baw)	бауҙар (bawźar)
definite genitive	бауҙың (bawźıñ)	бауҙарҙың (bawźarźıñ)
dative	бауға (bawğa)	бауҙарға (bawźarğa)
definite accusative	бауҙы (bawźı)	бауҙарҙы (bawźarźı)
locative	бауҙа (bawźa)	бауҙарҙа (bawźarźa)
ablative	бауҙан (bawźan)	бауҙарҙан (bawźarźan)

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	باۋ
Cyrillic	бау
Latin	bau
Yañalif	ʙau

Etymology 1

From Common Kypchak *baw, from Common Turkic *bāğ "rope, binder", from Proto-Turkic *b(i)ā- (“to bind, fasten”).

Noun

бау • (bau)

1. rope, cord, string

Etymology 2

From Persian باغ (bâğ). Doublet of бақ (baq).

Noun

бау • (bau)

1. garden

Etymology 3

бау • (bau)

1. bundle, bunch

Declension

Declension of бау

	singular	plural
nominative	бау (bau)	баулар (baular)
genitive	баудың (baudyñ)	баулардың (baulardyñ)
dative	бауға (bauğa)	бауларға (baularğa)
accusative	бауды (baudy)	бауларды (baulardy)
locative	бауда (bauda)	бауларда (baularda)
ablative	баудан (baudan)	баулардан (baulardan)
instrumental	баумен (baumen)	баулармен (baularmen)

Tatar

Noun

бау • (baw)

1. bow (a type of knot with two loops, used to tie together two cords)