бай
Bashkir
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *bāy (“rich, noble; many, numerous”). Cognate with Turkish bay.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbɑj]
- Hyphenation: бай (one syllable)
Adjective
бай • (bay)
Antonyms
- ярлы (yarlı)
Kazakh
Alternative scripts | |
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Arabic | باي |
İske imlâ | بای |
Cyrillic | бай |
Latin | bai |
Yañalif | ʙai |
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *bāj (“rich, noble; many, numerous”). Cognate with Turkish bay, etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bɑ̝j]
- Hyphenation: бай
Kumyk
Adjective
бай • (bay)
- rich, wealthy
- Antonym: пакъыр (paqır)
- 1912, Batırmurza, Nuhay, Давут булан Лайла [Dawut and Leyla]:
- Н. деген шагьарда Абдурагьман деген бир гиши бар эди. Оьзю олай бай болмаса да, яхшы илму билеген, гёзю ачылгъан гиши эди.
- N. degen şaharda Abdurahman degen bir gişi bar edi. Özü olay bay bolmasa da, yaxşı ilmu bilegen, gözü açılğan gişi edi.
- In a city called N, there was a man called Aburahman. Although he wasn't that rich himself, he was a well educated and enlighted man.
Kyrgyz
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *bāy.
Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [baj]
Etymology 1
From a Turkic source. Cf Turkish bay, Azerbaijani bay, Kazakh бай (bai), Kyrgyz бай (bay), Tatar бай (bay), Bashkir бай (bay), Turkmen baý.
Declension
Southern Altai
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *bāy (“rich, noble; many, numerous”). Cognate with Turkish bay.
References
N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “бай”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN
Tuvan
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *bāj (“rich, noble; many, numerous”). Cognate with Turkish bay.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paj/
Derived terms
- байыыр (bayıır)
Yakut
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *bāy (“rich, noble; many, numerous”). Cognate with Turkish bay and Bashkir бай (bay) (listed above). See also Bashkir байыу (bayıw) for more cognates.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baj/
Related terms
- баай (baay, “wealth, property”)