айдыҥ

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *āy. Cognate to Kyrgyz айдың (aydıŋ, moonlight), etc.

Noun

айдыҥ • (aydïŋ)

  1. moonlight

References

  • Sevortjan, E. V. (1974) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Nauka, pages 108, 109