ҡая

Bashkir

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *k(i)aya (cliff).

Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (qaya, rock, cliff);[1] Uzbek qoya (rock, cliff), Turkmen gaýa (rock, cliff), Azerbaijani qaya (rock), Khakas хая (xaya, rock), Tuvan хая (xaya, rock), Yakut хайа (qaya, mountain), Kazakh қыя (qyä, rock, cliff).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [qɑˈjɑ]
  • Hyphenation: ҡа‧я

Noun

ҡая • (qaya)

  1. rock, cliff, crag (mass of projecting rock)
    Ниһәйәт, текә яланғас бер ҡая юлымды ҡапланы, һәм туҡтарға мәжбүр булдым.
    Nihəyət, tekə yalanğas ber qaya yulımdı qaplanı, həm tuqtarğa məjbür buldım.
    At last, a steep bald rock barred my way, and (I) had to stop.

Declension

Declension of ҡая
singular plural
absolute ҡая (qaya) ҡаялар (qayalar)
definite genitive ҡаяның (qayanıñ) ҡаяларҙың (qayalarźıñ)
dative ҡаяға (qayağa) ҡаяларға (qayalarğa)
definite accusative ҡаяны (qayanı) ҡаяларҙы (qayalarźı)
locative ҡаяла (qayala) ҡаяларҙа (qayalarźa)
ablative ҡаянан (qayanan) ҡаяларҙан (qayalarźan)

References

  1. ^ Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 406