һай
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Bashkir
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Turkic *say (“shallow; rocky bedding”).[1]
Cognate with Tatar сай (say, “shallow”), Southern Altai сай (say, “shallow, shoal”), Crimean Tatar say (“shallow place”), Kumyk сай (say, “shallow”), Khakas сай (say, “shallow place, shoal”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]һай • (transliteration needed)
- shallow
- Үрге кисеү һайыраҡ.
- The upstream ford is shallower.
Antonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*saj”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Yakut
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Expressive sound.
Noun
[edit]һай • (hay)
- Sound used to urge cattle to move.
- Synonym: һат (hat)