Bashkir

noun

Bash·​kir

(ˈ)bash¦ki(ə)r

plural Bashkir or Bashkirs

1

a

: a Turkic-speaking Muslim people between the Volga and the Ural mountains regarded as tatarized Finns

b

: a member of the Bashkir people

2

: the language of the Bashkirs

Word History

Etymology

Russian, of Turkic origin; akin to Jagatai badžkyr Bashkir, Chuvash puškərt

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