бай

See also: баи

Bashkir

Etymology

From Old Turkic baj‎ (“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”),[1] which see for possible cognates. Related to Turkish bay.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɑj]
  • Hyphenation: бай (one syllable)

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

Noun

бай • (bay)

  1. rich man
  2. component forming given male names

Derived terms

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

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [baj]

Etymology 1

From a Turkic source. Cf Turkish bay, Azerbaijani 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
Declension of бай (anim masc-form vowel-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
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)

  1. (colloquial) bye
Synonyms

Etymology 3

Verb

бай • (baj)

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

Tabasaran

Noun

бай • (baj)

  1. son
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