ҡасҡын

Bashkir

Etymology

From *qačğïn (“fugitive”), from Proto-Turkic *kač- (“to run away, flee”).

Cognate with Karakhanid [script needed] (qačğïn, “fugitive”),[1] Kyrgyz качкын (kackın, “fugitive; defector”); Southern Altai качкын (kačkïn, “dugitive”), Uzbek qochqin (“fugitive; defector”), Uyghur قاچقۇن (qachqun, “fugitive; defector”), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qɑsˈqɯ̞n]
  • Hyphenation: ҡас‧ҡын

Noun

ҡасҡын • (qasqın)

  1. refugee
  2. runaway, fugitive; escapee
  3. deserter, defector

Declension

References

  1. Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 400
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