һау

Bashkir

Etymology

From Common Kypchak saw ("healthy", see the Kypchak cognates below), from Proto-Turkic *sạg (“healthy”).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (sağ, “healthy”); Tatar сау (saw), Kazakh сау (sau), Karachay-Balkar сау (saw), Kumyk сау (sau, “healthy”); Kyrgyz соо (soo, “healthy”), Southern Altai су-кадык (su-kadïk, “healthy”) or су (su, “healthy”) , Uzbek sogʻ (“healthy”), Uyghur ساق (saq, “healthy”), Turkish sağ (“healthy”), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hɑw]
• Hyphenation: һау (one syllable)

Adjective

һау • (haw)

1. healthy

   Ауырыу хәлен һау белмәй.

   Awırıw xəlen haw belməy.

   The healthy does not know the condition of the ill. (=A healthy person does not understand the condition of an ill person).

   Һау кешегә табиб та кәрәкмәй.

   Haw keşegə tabib ta kərəkməy.

   A healthy person does not need a doctor.

Derived terms

• һаулыҡ (hawlıq, “health”)