Etymology

Immediately cognate with Tatar бердәм ‎(berdäm), Uzbek birdam ‎(“united, unified”).

This term with this meaning appears to be a back-formation from Bashkir берҙәмлек ‎(berðämlek) (compare Tatar бердәмлек ‎(berdämlek), Uzbek birdamlik, Uyghur بىردەملىك ‎(birdemlik, “unity, unanimity”)), all of which which succeed to Chagatai birdamliq ‎(“unity, unanimity”), which, in turn, was coined from Turkic bir "one" + Persian دم ‎(dam, “moment”) + Turkic noun affix -lik.

Note Uyghur بىردەم ‎(birdem, “now... now...; instantly”)), which has the same etymology, also succeeds to the Chagatai form, and appears to have preserved the original meaning; so it was not affected by the above lexical re-thinking due to back-formation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɪ̞rˈðæm]
• Hyphenation: бер‧ҙәм