матур

Bashkir

Etymology

Cognate with Tatar матур (matur, “beautiful”) and Chuvash маттур (mattur, “strong, stout; dextrous; brave; beautiful”). Presumably, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bagatur (“hero”).

Irregular nasalization and preservation of a roundness-disharmonic high vowel could be indicative of some sort of reloaning scenario.

Doublet of батыр (batır, “hero, brave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɑˈtʊɾ]
• Hyphenation: ма‧тур

Adjective

матур • (matur)

1. beautiful, nice

   Ул бик ҡиммәтле матур ынйы тапҡас, ҡайтып бар мөлкәтен һатҡан да, шул ынйыны алған. (Matthew 13:46)

   Ul bik qimmətle matur ınyı tapqas, qaytıp bar mölkəten hatqan da, şul ınyını alğan.

   When he found a very valuable, beautiful pearl, (he) went home, sold all his belongings and bought that pearl.

2. good, fair, beautiful (of weather)

Tatar

Etymology

See Bashkir матур (matur).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɑ.ˈtur]
• Hyphenation: ма‧тур

Adjective

матур • (matur)

1. beautiful
   • 1909, Габдулла Тукай (Ğabdulla Tuqay) [Ğabdulla Tuqay], Туган тел (Tuğan tel) [Native language]

     И туган тел, и матур тел, әткәм-әнкәмнең теле!

     İ tuğan tel, i matur tel, ätkäm-änkämneñ tele!

     Oh mother language, oh beautiful language, oh language of my mother and father!