баја

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Southern Altai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *bāča. Cognate with Kazakh бажа (baja), Kyrgyz бажа (baja), Crimean Tatar baca, Karachay-Balkar баджа (baca), Kumyk бажа (baja), Bashkir бажа (baja), Azerbaijani bacı, Turkish bacı, Turkmen bajy, Uzbek boja, Khakas паӌа (paca), Tuvan бажа (baja), etc.

Noun

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баја (baǰa)

  1. one's wife's sister's husband; brother-in-law