матур

Cognate with Tatar матур (matur, “beautiful”), Chuvash маттур (mattur, “strong, stout; dextrous; brave; beautiful”) and dialectal Kazakh матор (mator, “beautiful”). Presumably, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *bagatur (“hero”).^[1]

Irregular nasalization and preservation of a roundness-disharmonic high vowel could be indicative of some sort of reloaning scenario.

Doublet of батыр (batır, “hero, brave”).

• IPA^(key): [mɑˈtʊɾ]
• Hyphenation: ма‧тур

матур • (matur)

1. beautiful, nice
   • (Can we date this quote?), Bible, Matthew 13:46:

     Ул бик ҡиммәтле матур ынйы тапҡас, ҡайтып бар мөлкәтен һатҡан да, шул ынйыны алған.

     Ul bik qimmətle matur ınyı tapqas, qaytıp bar mölkəten hatqan da, şul ınyını alğan.

     When he found a very valuable, beautiful pearl, (he) went home, sold all his belongings and bought that pearl.

2. good, fair, beautiful (of weather)

See Bashkir матур (matur).

• IPA^(key): [mɑ.ˈtur]
• Hyphenation: ма‧тур

матур • (matur)

1. beautiful
   • 1909, Габдулла Тукай [Ğabdulla Tuqay, Ğabdulla Tuqay], Туган тел [Tuğan tel, Native language]:

     И туган тел, и матур тел, әткәм-әнкәмнең теле!

     İ tuğan tel, i matur tel, ätkäm-änkämneñ tele!

     Oh mother language, oh beautiful language, oh language of my mother and father!