турғай

Bashkir

Ата турғай [1]
A male sparrow.

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *torgay (small bird; lark).

Cognate with Kazakh торғай (torğai, sparrow), Crimean Tatar torğay (sparrow); Tatar тургай (turgay, lark), Kyrgyz торгой (torgoy, lark), Uzbek toʻrgʻay (lark), Turkmen torğaý (lark).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tur.ˈʁɑj]
  • Hyphenation: тур‧ғай

Noun

турғай • (turğay)

  1. house sparrow, Passer domesticus
    Турғай саңда ҡойонһа, ямғыр яуа.
    Turğay sañda qoyonha, yamğır yawa.
    If a sparrow takes a dust bath, it will rain.
    Сыйырсыҡ, турғай, сәпсек кеүек ваҡ ҡоштар баҡса ҡоротҡостарын бик әүҙем сүпләй.
    Sıyırsıq, turğay, səpsek kewek vaq qoştar baqsa qorotqostarın bik əwźem süpləy.
    Such small birds as starlings, sparrows, wagtails are very active in collecting garden pests.
  2. sparrow, Passeridae spp.
  3. Any small, nondescript bird
    1. a component in many species names for small birds

Declension

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