(ˈ)bash|ki(ə)r noun
( plural bashkir or bashkirs )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Russian, of Turkic origin; akin to Jagatai badžkyr Bashkir, Chuvash puškərt
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