Kayı (tribe)
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The Kayı or Kayi tribe (Middle Turkic: قَيِغْ romanized: qayïγ or simply qayig; Turkish: Kayı boyu, Turkmen: Gaýy taýpasy) were an Oghuz Turkic people and a sub-branch of the Bozok tribal federation. In his Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk, the 11th century Kara-Khanid scholar Mahmud al-Kashgari cited Kayı as of one of 22 Oghuz tribes, saying that Oghuz were also called Turkomans.[2] The name Kayı means "the one who has might and power by relationship" and the Turkmen proverb says that "people shall be led by Kayi and Bayat tribes" (Turkmen: Il başy - gaýy-baýat)[3].
Kayı | |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
| Turkey, Turkmenistan[1] | |
| Languages | |
| Turkish, Turkmen | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Oghuz Turks |