кайа

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See also: қайа

Dolgan

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Dolgan кайа
Sakha хайа

Etymology

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From earlier *qaya, from Proto-Turkic *k(i)aya. Cognate with Yakut хайа (qaya), Turkish kaya (rock).

Noun

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кайа (kaya)

  1. (geography) mountain

Southern Altai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *k(i)aya (cliff). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (kaya, rock); Old Uyghur [script needed] (kaya); Bashkir ҡая (qaya, rock, cliff), Crimean Tatar qaya (rock, cliff), Kumyk къая (qaya), Azerbaijani qaya (rock),Turkish kaya, Turkmen gaýa (rock, cliff),Uzbek qoya (rock, cliff), Khakas хая (xaya, rock), Shor қайа, Tuvan хая (xaya, rock), Yakut хайа (qaya, mountain), etc.

Noun

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кайа (kaya)

  1. rock, cliff

References

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