шикелле

Bashkir

Etymology

From *šekilli (“in the form of; apparently”), from Arabic شَكْل (šakl, “form, shape”) + Turkic ending -li (see Bashkir -ле (-le)).

Cognate with Tatar шикелле (şikelle), Kazakh секiлдi (sekildi, “like, similar to”), Kyrgyz шекилди (şekildi), шекилдүү (şekildüü), шыкылды (şıkıldı), Uzbek shekilli (“apparently”), Turkmen şekilli (“-formed; -looking”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃi.kɪ̞.ˈlːɪ̞/, /ɕi.kɪ̞.ˈlːɪ̞/
• Hyphenation: ши‧кел‧ле

Postposition

шикелле • (şikelle) (takes nouns in absolute case, pronouns in genitive case)

1. like, similar to

   Ут шикелле ҡыҙыу.

   Ut şikelle qıźıw.

   Hot like fire

Synonyms

• һымаҡ (hımaq)
• кеүек (kewek)

Particle

шикелле • (şikelle)

1. looks like, it seems, apparently