Жайық

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic جايىق
Cyrillic Жайық
Latin Jaiyq

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *yāyïk.

cognates

Cognate with Bashkir Яйыҡ (Yayıq), Nogai Яйык (Yayık), Southern Altai Јайык (J̌ayïk), Tatar Җаек (Cayek), Uzbek Yayiq, Turkish Yayık, and Chuvash Ейĕк (Ejĕk).

Also compare Ancient Greek Δάϊξ (Dáïx), Δαΐχ (Daḯkh), Γεήχ (Geḗkh), Middle Mongol [script needed] (Jayaq) and obsolete Russian Яик (Jaik), all ultimately from Turkic languages.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Жайық • (Jaiyq)

  1. Ural (a river in Kazakhstan and Russia)
    • (Can we date this quote?), “Ақ Жайық [Aq Jaiyq, White Ural]”, in Қадыр Ғинаятұлы Мырза Әли [Qadyr Ğinaätūly Myrza Äli] (lyrics), Нұрғиса Атабайұлы Тілендиев [Nūrğisa Atabaiūly Tılendiev] (music), На Восток [Na Vostok, To The East]‎[1], performed by Dervishi, published 2002:
      Дұлдұлды мекен / Бұлбұлды мекен / Мен сені сағындым ғой / Ақ Жайығым
      Dūldūldy meken / Būlbūldy meken / Men senı sağyndym ğoi / Aq Jaiyğym
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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