Bashkir Syllabification: (Bash·kir)Pronunciation: /baSHˈki(ə)r/Definition of Bashkir noun 1a member of a Muslim people living in the southern Urals. 2the Turkic language of the Bashkirs. adjective relating to the Bashkirs or their language. Origin:via Russian from Turkic BaşkurtBashkir in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Bashkir in the British & World English dictionary