серек
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Bashkir[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From *čirik "rotten", from the verbal stem čiri- "to rot, decay", from Proto-Turkic *čẹr (“rot; disease”).
Cognate with Tatar черек (çerek), Kazakh шірік (şırık), Kyrgyz чирик (cirik), Southern Altai чирик (čirik), Uzbek chirik, Uyghur چىرىك (chirik), Azerbaijani çürük, Turkish çürük (“rotten”), etc.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
серек • (serek)
- rotten
- Һауыттағы бер серек алма бөтәһен дә серетә.
- Hawıttağı ber serek alma bötəhen də seretə.
- One rotten apple in the box will make all (apples) rot as well.