ағайын

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic اعايىن
Cyrillic ағайын
Latin ağaiyn

Etymology

From *aqa ini (“elder and younger brothers”), from Proto-Turkic *(i)āka (“elder brother”) + Proto-Turkic *ini (“younger brother”). Cognate with Karakalpak ағайин, Bashkir ағай-эне (ağay-ene).

Noun

ағайын • (ağaiyn)

  1. relative
  2. a way to respectfully address a male group or congregation

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • ағайындас (ağaiyndas)
  • ағайындасу (ağaiyndasu)
  • ағайынды (ağaiyndy)
  • ағайындық (ağaiyndyq)
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