мээлей
Kyrgyz
Etymology
Cognate with Bashkir бейәләй (beyələy) Tatar бияләй (biyaläy), Kazakh биялай (biälai) (regional), Southern Altai меелей (meeley), Uyghur پەلەي (peley), Khakas мелей (meley, “mitten(s)”), Shor мелей, etc.
Noun
мээлей • (meeley) (Arabic spelling مەەلەي)
References
- 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