Bashkir

 
Pronunciation: /baʃˈkɪə/

noun

  • 1a member of a Muslim people living in the southern Urals.
  • 2 [mass noun] the Turkic language of the Bashkirs, with about 1 million speakers.

adjective

  • relating to the Bashkirs or their language.

Origin:

via Russian from Turkic Başkurt