һай
Bashkir
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *say (“shallow; rocky bedding”)[1].
Cognate with Tatar сай (say, “shallow”), Southern Altai сай (say, “shallow, shoal”),Crimean Tatar say (“shallow place”),Kumyk сай (say, “shallow”),Khakas сай (say, “shallow place, shoal”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [hɑj]
- Hyphenation: һай (one syllable)
Adjective
һай • (hay)
- shallow
- Үрге кисеү һайыраҡ.
- Ürge kisew hayıraq.
- The upstream ford is shallower.
Antonyms
- тәрән (tärän)
References
- Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*saj”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
Yakut
Etymology
Expressive sound.
Noun
һай • (hay)
- Sound used to urge cattle to move.
- Synonym: һат (hat)