бай

See also: баи

Bashkir

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bāj (“rich, noble; many, numerous”). Cognate with Turkish bay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɑj]
• Hyphenation: бай (one syllable)

Adjective

бай • (bay)

1. rich, wealthy

   “Форбс” журналы Рәсәйҙәге иң бай кешеләрҙең исемдәрен асыҡланы.

   “Forbs” jurnalı Rəsəyźəge iñ bay keşelərźeñ isemdəren asıqlanı.

   The Forbes magazine published the names of Russia's richest people.

Antonyms

• ярлы (yarlı)

Noun

бай • (bay)

1. rich man
2. component forming given male names

Derived terms

• байлыҡ (baylıq, “richness; value”)
• Йомабай (Yomabay)

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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	باي
Cyrillic	бай
Latin	bai
Yañalif	ʙai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bāj (“rich, noble; many, numerous”). Cognate with Turkish bay.

Adjective

бай • (bai)

1. rich
2. wealthy

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Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [baj]

Etymology 1

From a Turkic source. Cf Turkish bay, Azerbaijani bay, Kazakh бай (bai), Kyrgyz бай (bay), Tatar бай (bay), Bashkir бай (bay), Turkmen baý.

Noun

бай • (baj) m anim (genitive ба́я, nominative plural ба́и, genitive plural ба́ев)

1. (historical, Central Asia) bay or bai, a rich man, lord, (by extension) exploiter

Declension

Declension of бай (anim masc-form vowel-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	ба́й báj	ба́и bái
genitive	ба́я bája	ба́ев bájev
dative	ба́ю báju	ба́ям bájam
accusative	ба́я bája	ба́ев bájev
instrumental	ба́ем bájem	ба́ями bájami
prepositional	ба́е báje	ба́ях bájax

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bye.

Interjection

бай • (baj)

1. (colloquial) bye

Synonyms

• пока́ (poká) (more common)

Etymology 3

Verb

бай • (baj)

1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of ба́ять (bájatʹ)

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Tabasaran

Noun

бай • (baj)

1. son

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Tuvan

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bāj (“rich, noble; many, numerous”). Cognate with Turkish bay.

Noun

бай • (bay)

1. rich

Related terms

• байы- (bayı-), байыыр (bayıır)

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Yakut

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baj/

Verb

бай • (bay)

1. to be rich, become rich, get rich, grow rich

Related terms

• баай (baay), баайдаах (baaydaaq), баайдык (baaydık)