меелей

Southern Altai

Etymology

Cognate with Bashkir бейәләй (beyələy) Tatar бияләй (biyaläy), Kazakh биялай (biälai) (regional), Kyrgyz мээлей (meeley), Uyghur پەلەي (peley), Khakas мелей (meley, “mitten(s)”), Shor мелей, etc.

Noun

меелей • (meeley)

  1. mitten

References

  • N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “меелей”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN
  • Levitskaja, L. S., Blagova, G. F., Dybo, A. V., Nasilov, D. M., Pocelujevskij, Je. A. (2003) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume VII, Moscow: Vostočnaja literatura, pages 49, 50 pages
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