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From Proto-Turkic. Cognate to Kyrgyz баштоо (baştoo), etc.
баштаар • (baštaar)
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- N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “баштаар”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN