ғой

See also: гои and гой

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	عوي
Cyrillic	ғой
Latin	ğoi

Alternative forms

• қой (qoi) (after voiceless consonants)

Etymology

Unknown. Likely unrelated to қою (qoü).

Cognate with Karakalpak ǵoy, Kyrgyz го (go), Uyghur [Term?], Uzbek ku, Karaim ko.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁoj/, [ʁɔj], [qʰɔj]
• IPA^(key): /ʁo/, [ʁɔ], [qʰɔ] (colloquial, common)

Particle

ғой • (ğoi)

1. Used to emphatically reference the shared knowledge: you know

   Апам бар ғой ― Apam bar ğoi ― I have a sister, as you know

   • (Can we date this quote?), “Ақ Жайық [Aq Jaiyq, White Ural]”, in Қадыр Ғинаятұлы Мырза Әли [Qadyr Ğinaätūly Myrza Äli] (lyrics), Нұрғиса Атабайұлы Тілендиев [Nūrğisa Atabaiūly Tılendiev] (music), На Восток [Na Vostok, To The East]‎^[1], performed by Dervishi, published 2002:

     Дүлдүлді мекен / Бұлбұлды мекен / Мен сені сағындым ғой / Ақ Жайығым

     Düldüldı meken / Būlbūldy meken / Men senı sağyndym ğoi / Aq Jaiyğym

     The land of swift horses / The land of nightingales / I've missed you / My white Ural

2. Used to express repudiation; to challenge the statement of the interlocutor.

   Неге "бұны білмейсің" дейсің?! Білемін ғой! ― Nege "būny bılmeisıñ" deisıñ?! Bılemın ğoi! ― Why do you say that I don't know this? I do know it!

3. Used to presume the validity of the statement.

   Ашулысың ғой, не болды? ― Aşulysyñ ğoi, ne boldy? ― You seem angry, what happened?

4. Used to form emphatic interrogative sentences: why

   Күлесіз ғой? ― Külesız ğoi? ― Why are you laughing?