Etymology

Eastern Bashkir form of көслө ‎(köslö).

From *küčtüg, a regional (East Turkic) version of *küčlüg "strong", from Proto-Turkic *gǖč ‎(“force”) + +lüg "affix of possession or quality".

Compare cognates: Kazakh күшті ‎(küşti), Kyrgyz күчтүү ‎(küçtüü), Southern Altai кӱчтӱ ‎(küčtü), Khakas кӱстiг ‎(küstig), Tuvan күштүг ‎(küštüg), Yakut күүстээх ‎(küüsteex, “strong”). See more cognates at көслө ‎(köslö).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʏ̞sˈtʏ̞]
• Hyphenation: көс‧тө