Bashkir
noun
Bash·kir
\(ˈ)bash¦ki(ə)r\
Definition of Bashkir
Bashkir
orBashkirs
1a : 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
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Origin and Etymology of bashkir
Russian, of Turkic origin; akin to Jagatai badžkyr Bashkir, Chuvash puškərt
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