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)

  1. shallow
    Үрге кисеү һайыраҡ.
    Ürge kisew hayıraq.
    The upstream ford is shallower.

Antonyms

References
  1. 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)

  1. Sound used to urge cattle to move.
    Synonym: һат (hat)
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