Southern Altai

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Etymology

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From бийеер (biyeer, to dance) +‎ -чи (-či, suffix forming an agent noun), from Proto-Turkic *büdi-.

Compare to Tatar биюче (biyuçe, dancer), Kumyk бийивчю (biyiwçü, dancer).

Noun

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бийечи (biyeči)

  1. dancer
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References

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Čumakajev A. E., editor (2018), “бийечи”, in Altajsko-russkij slovarʹ, Gorno-Altaysk: NII altaistiki im. S.S. Surazakova, →ISBN