серек

Bashkir

Etymology

From *čirik "rotten", from the verbal stem čiri- "to rot, decay", from Proto-Turkic *čẹr (“rot; disease”).

Cognate with Tatar черек (çerek), Kazakh шірік (şırık), Kyrgyz чирик (cirik), Southern Altai чирик (čirik), Uzbek chirik, Uyghur چىرىك (chirik), Azerbaijani çürük, Turkish çürük (“rotten”), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɪ̞ˈrɪ̞k]
• Hyphenation: се‧рек

Adjective

серек • (serek)

1. rotten

   Һауыттағы бер серек алма бөтәһен дә серетә.

   Hawıttağı ber serek alma bötəhen də seretə.

   One rotten apple in the box will make all (apples) rot as well.