ағай
Bashkir
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *(i)āka (“elder brother; uncle”).
Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (aqa, “elder brother”), Kazakh аға (ağa, “elder brother; uncle”), Kyrgyz ага (aga, “elder brother”), Southern Altai ака (aka, “elder brother”), Crimean Tatar ağa (“elder brother; uncle”), Turkish ağa (“master, boss”), Yakut аҕа (ağa, “elder; father”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ағай • (ağay)
- one's big / elder brother
- uncle; one's male relative who is elder than the speaker, but younger than his/her parents
- (address) a way to address or denote a male within that age range
- Күрше ағай менән беҙ аҙашбыҙ, шуға мине урамда бәләкәй Ғәли тип йөрөтәләр.
- Kürşe ağay menən beź aźaşbıź, şuğa mine uramda bələkəy Ğəli tip yörötələr.
- We are namesakes with the elder neighbor, so they call me "the small Ğäli" in the street.
- (address) stepfather
Declension
Declension of ағай (ağay)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ағай (ağay) | ағайҙар (ağayźar) |
| definite genitive | ағайҙың (ağayźıñ) | ағайҙарҙың (ağayźarźıñ) |
| dative | ағайға (ağayğa) | ағайҙарға (ağayźarğa) |
| definite accusative | ағайҙы (ağayźı) | ағайҙарҙы (ağayźarźı) |
| locative | ағайҙа (ağayźa) | ағайҙарҙа (ağayźarźa) |
| ablative | ағайҙан (ağayźan) | ағайҙарҙан (ağayźarźan) |
Derived terms
- ағай-эне (ağay-ene)