йәшерен

Bashkir

Etymology

From *yašurun (“hidden, concealed, secret”), an instrumental case form^[1] from an earlier *yašuru (“hidden, concealed”) (as testified in Old Uyghur [script needed] (jašru), [script needed] (jašuru, “hidden, secret, concealed”),^[2] from *yašïr- (“to hide sth.”), from Proto-Turkic *yaĺ- (“to hide”).

Cognate with Kazakh жасырын (jasyryn), Uzbek yashirin, Uyghur يوشۇرۇن (yoshurun), Turkmen ýaşyryn (“hidden, concealed, secret”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jæ.ʃɪ̞ˈrɪ̞n]
• Hyphenation: й‧әше‧рен

Adjective

йәшерен • (yəşeren)

1. hidden, concealed, secret

   Әгәр ҙә хәйер бирәһең икән, хәйерең йәшерен рәүештә бирелһен өсөн, һул ҡулың уң ҡулыңдың ни эшләгәнен белмәһен. (Matthew 6:3-6:4)

   Əgər źə xəyer birəheñ ikən, xəyereñ yəşeren rəweştə birelhen ösön, hul qulıñ uñ qulıñdıñ ni eşləgənen belməhen.

   If you are giving alms, for your alms to be given in secret manner, don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing.

References

1. Levitskaya L.S. (ed.) Etimologichskiy slovar' tyurkskikh yazykov [An Etymological dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, vol.4 (1989), p.161.
2. Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 247