Vajk

Vajk

Hungarian

The birth of Vajk in the Chronicon Pictum

Etymology

Probably from a Turkic language. According to Gy. Neméth, from Proto-Turkic *bāj (“rich, noble”) + Hungarian diminutive suffix -k. The diminutive suffix -k is also Turkic.[1] Compare Turkish bay, Azerbaijani bay, Bashkir бай (bay), Kazakh бай (bai), Kyrgyz бай (bay), Tatar бай (bay), Turkmen baý.[2] In Karakhanid, Bay was translated in Arabic as "distinguised" and as "a man of distinction" in Ottoman Turkish. Alternatively, according to László Rásonyi, the original form was Bayïq meaning "true, reliable" (as reported by Al Kashgari).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɒjk]
• Hyphenation: Vajk
• Rhymes: -ɒjk

Proper noun

Vajk

1. a male given name
2. The original pagan name of Stephen I (c. 975 – 1038), the first King of Hungary.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Vajk	Vajkok
accusative	Vajkot	Vajkokat
dative	Vajknak	Vajkoknak
instrumental	Vajkkal	Vajkokkal
causal-final	Vajkért	Vajkokért
translative	Vajkká	Vajkokká
terminative	Vajkig	Vajkokig
essive-formal	Vajkként	Vajkokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Vajkban	Vajkokban
superessive	Vajkon	Vajkokon
adessive	Vajknál	Vajkoknál
illative	Vajkba	Vajkokba
sublative	Vajkra	Vajkokra
allative	Vajkhoz	Vajkokhoz
elative	Vajkból	Vajkokból
delative	Vajkról	Vajkokról
ablative	Vajktól	Vajkoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	Vajké	Vajkoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	Vajkéi	Vajkokéi

Possessive forms of Vajk
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Vajkom	Vajkjaim
2nd person sing.	Vajkod	Vajkjaid
3rd person sing.	Vajkja	Vajkjai
1st person plural	Vajkunk	Vajkjaink
2nd person plural	Vajkotok	Vajkjaitok
3rd person plural	Vajkjuk	Vajkjaik

References

1. Heritage of Scribes: The Relation of Rovas Scripts to Eurasian Writing Systems, p. 178
2. Németh Gy., A honfoglaló magyarság kiakalakulása, Budapest 1930, pp. 293 - 294