бай-бай
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From ба́ю-ба́ю (báju-báju).
Interjection
[edit]бай-ба́й • (baj-báj)
- hushaby; used when putting a baby to sleep.
- Synonyms: ба́ю-бай! (báju-baj!), ба́юшки-баю́! (bájuški-bajú!), ба́ю-ба́юшки-баю́! (báju-bájuški-bajú!)
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from English bye-bye.
Interjection
[edit]бай-ба́й • (baj-báj)
References
[edit]- “бай-бай”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Moscow University Press, 1963–2014