Oqtay

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Azerbaijani[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Mongol ᠥᠭᠡᠳᠡᠢ (ögedei), probably via a recent borrowing from late Ottoman Turkish اوقتای (Oktay). It became popular as a male given name in Turkey in the beginning of the XXth century, although used as family name by persons born at least in 1880s.[1]

Proper noun[edit]

Oqtay

  1. a male given name

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