өгей

өгей

Kazakh

Cyrillic	өгей (ögey)
Arabic	وگەي‎

Etymology

From *ögäy "step-", probably derived from Proto-Turkic *ög (“mother”).

Cognate withOld Uyghur ögäj (“step-”);Tatar үги (ügi, “step-”),Bashkir үгәй (ügäy, “step-”),Kyrgyz өгөй (ögöy, “step-”),Southern Altai ӧй (öy, “step-”),Crimean Tatar ögey (“step-”),Uzbek oʻgay (“step-”),Uyghur ئوگەي‎ (ogey, “step-”),Turkish üvey (“step-”),Khakas ӧӧй (ӧӧy, “step-”), etc.

Adjective

өгей • (ögey)

1. (family) step-; used before ана (ana, “mother”), әке (äke, “father”), бала (bala, “child; son”), қыз (qız, “daughter”), etc., to indicate that the person being identified is not a blood relative but is related through the marriage of a parent.