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ярау

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Bashkir

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *yara- (be beneficial, useful, successful).[1]

Cognate with Tatar ярарга (yararga), Uzbek yaramoq, Turkish yaramak (to benefit, serve a purpose).

Verb

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ярау (yaraw) (intransitive)

  1. to be allowed/permitted or acceptable
    Бында тәмәке тартырға яраймы?
    Bında təməke tartırğa yaraymı?
    Is it allowed to smoke here?
  2. to be suitable (for a purpose), fit
    Synonym: барыу (barıw)
  3. to be useful, be good (for a purpose)
    Оҙон юлда эт тә иптәшкә ярай.
    Oźon yulda et tə iptəşkə yaray.
    On a long road (trip), a dog is ok to keep you company.
  4. (clothes, footwear) to fit, suit
  5. to appeal (to somebody), induce a favorable opinion

Noun

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ярау (yaraw)

  1. (formal, euphemistic) bodily urge to urinate or defecate; call of nature
    Synonym: хәжәт (xəjət)

Declension

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Declension of ярау
singular plural
absolute ярау (yaraw) ярауҙар (yarawźar)
definite genitive ярауҙың (yarawźıñ) ярауҙарҙың (yarawźarźıñ)
dative ярауға (yarawğa) ярауҙарға (yarawźarğa)
definite accusative ярауҙы (yarawźı) ярауҙарҙы (yarawźarźı)
locative ярауҙа (yarawźa) ярауҙарҙа (yarawźarźa)
ablative ярауҙан (yarawźan) ярауҙарҙан (yarawźarźan)

References

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  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*jara-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill