мээлей

Kyrgyz

Etymology

Cognate with Bashkir бейәләй (beyələy) Tatar бияләй (biyäläy), Kazakh биялай (biälai) (regional), Southern Altai меелей (meeley), Uyghur پەلەي (peley), Khakas мелей (meley, “mitten(s)”), Shor мелей, etc.

Noun

мээлей • (meeley) (Arabic spelling مەەلەي)

1. mitten

References

• Levitskaja, L. S.; Blagova, G. F.; Dybo, A. V.; Nasilov, D. M.; Pocelujevskij, Je. A. (2003), Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume VII, Moscow: Vostočnaja literatura, pages 49, 50