токой

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Kyrgyz

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Etymology

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From *toqay (forest; brushwood) - apparently a regional Central Asian term.

Cognate with Bashkir туғай (tuğay, forest; bushes), Kazakh тоғай (toğai, forest; bushes on flooded riverbanks), Uyghur توقاي (toqay, wildwood, forest), Uzbek toqoj (brushwood, bulrush), Turkmen tokaý (forest), etc.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /toˈqoj/

Noun

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токой (tokoy) (Arabic spelling توقوي)

  1. forest

Declension

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Southern Altai

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Etymology

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Compare to Bashkir туғай (tuğay, forest, river meadow).

Noun

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токой (tokoy)

  1. shore of river, peninsula

References

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N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “токой”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN