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