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)
- rich, wealthy
- “Форбс” журналы Рәсәйҙәге иң бай кешеләрҙең исемдәрен асыҡланы.
- “Forbs” jurnalı Rəsəyźəge iñ bay keşelərźeñ isemdəren asıqlanı.
- The Forbes magazine published the names of Russia's richest people.
Antonyms
- ярлы (yarlı)
Noun
бай • (bay)
Derived terms
Kazakh
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bāy (“rich, noble; many, numerous”). Cognate with Turkish bay, etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bɑ̝j]
- Hyphenation: бай
Adjective
бай • (bai)
Kumyk
Adjective
бай • (bay)
- rich, wealthy
- Antonym: пакъыр (paqır)
- 1912, Batırmurza, Nuhay, Давут булан Лайла [Dawut and Leyla][1]:
- 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.
Adjective
бай • (bay) (comparative байраак, superlative эң бай, Arabic spelling باي)
Nogai
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bāy.[1][2]
Adjective
бай • (bay)
References
- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ba:y”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 384
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bāj”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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.
Noun
бай • (baj) m anim (genitive ба́я, nominative plural ба́и, genitive plural ба́ев)
Declension
Etymology 2
Interjection
бай • (baj)
Etymology 3
Verb
бай • (baj)
- second-person singular imperative imperfective of ба́ять (bájatʹ)
Southern Altai
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *bāy (“rich, noble; many, numerous”). Cognate with Turkish bay.
Adjective
бай • (bay)
References
N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “бай”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN
Tabasaran
Noun
бай • (baj)
Tuvan
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *bāj (“rich, noble; many, numerous”). Cognate with Turkish bay.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paj/
Adjective
бай • (bay)
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/
Verb
бай • (bay)
Related terms
- баай (baay, “wealth, property”)