бай
Bashkir
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *bāy (“rich, noble; many, numerous”). Cognate with Turkish bay.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbɑj]
- Hyphenation: бай (one syllable)
Adjective
бай • (bay)
- rich, wealthy
- “Форбс” журналы Рәсәйҙәге иң бай кешеләрҙең исемдәрен асыҡланы.
- “Forbs” jurnalı Räsäyðäge iŋ bay keşelärðeŋ isemdären asıqlanı.
- The Forbes magazine published the names of Russia's richest people.
Antonyms
- ярлы (yarlı)
Noun
бай • (bay)
- rich man
- component forming given male names
Derived terms
- байлыҡ (baylıq, “richness; value”)
- Йомабай (Yomabay)
Kazakh
Cyrillic | бай (bai) |
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Arabic | باي |
Latin |
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *bāj (“rich, noble; many, numerous”). Cognate with Turkish bay, etc.
Adjective
бай • (bai)
- rich, wealthy (component of many male proper names)
Kumyk
Adjective
бай • (bay)
- rich, wealthy
- 1912, Batırmurza, Nuhay, Давут булан Лайла [Dawut and Leyla]:
- Н. деген шагьарда Абдурагьман деген бир гиши бар эди. Оьзю олай бай болмаса да, яхшы илму билеген, гёзю ачылгъан гиши эди.
- N. degen şaharda Abdurahman degen bir gişi bar edi. Özü olay bay bolmasa da, yaxşı ilmu bilegen, gözü açılğan gişi edi.
- In a city called N, there was a man called Aburahman. Although he wasn't that rich himself, he was a well educated and enlighted man.
- Antonym: пакъыр (paqır)
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Kyrgyz
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *bāy.
Adjective
бай • (bay) (comparative [[{{{1}}}#Kyrgyz|{{{1}}}]], superlative [[{{{2}}}#Kyrgyz|{{{2}}}]])
- rich
Russian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [baj]
Etymology 1
From a Turkic source. Cf Turkish bay, Azerbaijani bay, Kazakh бай (bai), Kyrgyz бай (bay), Tatar бай (bay), Bashkir бай (bay), Turkmen baý.
Noun
бай • (baj) m anim (genitive ба́я, nominative plural ба́и, genitive plural ба́ев)
- (historical, Central Asia) bay or bai, a rich man, lord, (by extension) exploiter
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | ба́й báj | ба́и bái |
genitive | ба́я bája | ба́ев bájev |
dative | ба́ю báju | ба́ям bájam |
accusative | ба́я bája | ба́ев bájev |
instrumental | ба́ем bájem | ба́ями bájami |
prepositional | ба́е báje | ба́ях bájax |
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English bye.
Interjection
бай • (baj)
- (colloquial) bye
- Synonym: (more common) пока́ (poká)
Verb
бай • (baj)
- second-person singular imperative imperfective of ба́ять (bájatʹ)
Southern Altai
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *bāy (“rich, noble; many, numerous”). Cognate with Turkish bay.
Adjective
бай • (bay)
- rich
References
N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “бай”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ, M.: OGIZ, →ISBN
Tabasaran
Noun
бай • (baj)
- son
- boy
Tuvan
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *bāj (“rich, noble; many, numerous”). Cognate with Turkish bay.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paj/
Adjective
бай • (bay)
- rich, wealthy
- abundant, plentiful
- Synonym: байлак (baylak)
Derived terms
- байыыр (bayıır)
Yakut
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *bāy (“rich, noble; many, numerous”). Cognate with Turkish bay and Bashkir бай (bay) (listed above). See also Bashkir байыу (bayıw) for more cognates.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baj/
Verb
бай • (bay)
- (intransitive) to be rich, become rich, get rich, grow rich
Related terms
- баай (baay, “wealth, property”)