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See also: ај, яй, -ај, -ай, ay, and Appendix:Variations of "ai"

Adyghe

Pronunciation

Noun

ай • (aj)

  1. (Kfar Kama Shapsug dialect) yes

Synonyms

Bashkir

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Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *āy (“moon, month”).

Cognate with Azerbaijani ay, Turkish, Crimean Tatar ay, Tatar, Kazakh, Kyrgyz ай (ay), Southern Altai ай (ay), Uzbek oy, etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɑj]
  • Ай:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ай (one syllable)

Noun

ай • (ay)

  1. moon
    Сәскәләргә ҡунған ысыҡ ай яҡтыһына ялтырай.
    Səskələrgə qunğan ısıq ay yaqtıhına yaltıray.
    The dew that fell on flowers glistens in the moonlight.
  2. month
    Айҙар буйы бер тамсы ла ямғыр яуманы.
    Ayźar buyı ber tamsı la yamğır yawmanı.
    For months, not a single raindrop fell.
    Ҡыҙыбыҙ ҡаланан айына бер ҡайтып тора.
    Qıźıbıź qalanan ayına ber qaytıp tora.
    Our daughter comes home from the city once a month.
    Хәйер, Уралда мартты ла тулыһынса ҡыш айы тип әйтергә мөмкин әле.
    Xəyer, Uralda marttı la tulıhınsa qış ayı tip əytergə mömkin əle.
    However, March in the Urals can as well be called a winter month without reservation.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Аҡмулла [Aqmulla, Aqmulla], (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      Егеттәр, һаҡланығыҙ наҙан дуҫтан ― наҙан дуҫ бер айҙаң һуң булыр дошман.
      Yegettər, haqlanığıź naźan duśtan ― naźan duś ber ayźañ huñ bulır doşman.
      Guys, beware of an ignorant friend ― in a month's time, an ignorant friend will become an enemy.

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Derived terms

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Bulgarian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

Interjection

ай • (aj)

  1. oh, ah; expression of wonder, surprise, fear, etc., positive and negative emotions included
    Synonyms: ах (ah), ох (oh), (colloquial) въй (vǎj)

Usage notes

  • May often be duplicated or triplicated or used many times.

References

  • “ай”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • “ай”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
  • “ай”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 21

Chulym

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *āy. Cognates include Khakas ай (ay).

Noun

ай • (ay)

  1. month

References

  • A. F. Kondiyakov; V. M. Lemskaya (2021), “месяц”, in Чулымский язык д. Пасечное Тюхтетского района Красноярского края 2007-2011 гг. [The Chulym language of the village of Pasechnoye, Tyukhtetsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, 2007-2011], Tomsk: Издательство Томского университета, →ISBN, page 85

Even

Adjective

ай (aj)

  1. good

References

Karaim

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *āy.

Noun

ай • (ay)

  1. moon
    Synonym: къамар
  2. month

References

  • N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “ай”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

Kazakh

More information Arabic, Cyrillic ...
Kazakh Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *āy (“moon, month”). Cognate with Azerbaijani ay, Turkish, Crimean Tatar ay, Tatar, Bashkir, Kyrgyz ай (ay), Southern Altai ай (ay), Uzbek oy, etc.

Noun

ай • (ai)

  1. moon
  2. month

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Derived terms

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Ket

Komi-Zyrian

Kyrgyz

Nogai

Northern Altai

Russian

Southern Altai

Tatar

Tuvan

Yakut

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