Bashkir

Adjective

бай • ‎(bay)

1. rich, wealthy

   “Форбс” журналы Рәсәйҙәге иң бай кешеләрҙең исемдәрен асыҡланы.‎

   “Forbs” žurnalï Räsäyðäge iñ bay kešelärðeñ isemdären asïqlanï.

   The Forbes magazine published the names of Russia's richest people.

Antonyms

• ярлы ‎(yarlï)

Noun

бай • ‎(bay)

1. rich man
2. component forming given male names

Derived terms

• Йомабай ‎(Yomabay)

Kazakh

Etymology

From Old Turkic bai ‎(“rich”), from Proto-Turkic *bāj ‎(“rich, noble; many, numerous”), which, according to the controversial Altaic hypothesis, is possibly derived from Proto-Altaic *bēǯu ‎(“numerous, great”),^[2] which see for possible cognates. Related to Turkish bay.

Adjective

бай • ‎(bay)

1. rich
2. wealthy

References

1. ↑ ToB: *bēǯu
2. ↑ ToB: *bēǯu

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [baj]

Etymology 1

From a Turkic source. Cf Turkish bay, Azeri bay, Kazakh бай ‎(bay), Kyrgyz бай ‎(bay), Tatar бай ‎(bay), Bashkir бай ‎(bay), Turkmen baý.

Noun

бай • ‎(baj) m anim ‎(genitive ба́я, nominative plural ба́и, genitive plural ба́ев)

1. (historical, Central Asia) bay or bai, a rich man, lord, (by extension) exploiter

Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowing from English bye.

Interjection

бай • ‎(baj)

1. (colloquial) bye

Synonyms

• пока́ ‎(poká) (more common)

Etymology 3

Verb

бай • ‎(baj)

1. second-person singular imperative imperfective of ба́ять ‎(bájatʹ)

Tabasaran

Noun

бай • ‎(baj)

1. son