Ҡыш бабай

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Bashkir

Ҡыш бабай.

Etymology

From ҡыш "winter" + бабай "old man". Calque of Russian Дед Моро́з (Ded Moróz).

Compare with Tatar Кыш бабай (Qış babay), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Kazakh, Kyrgyz Аяз Ата (Ayaz Ata).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˌqɯʂ.bɑ.ˈβɑj]
  • Hyphenation: Ҡыш ба‧бай

Proper noun

Ҡыш бабай (Qış babay)

  1. Father Christmas, Father Frost. A traditional Yuletide gift-bearing character.

Declension

See also