ағай
Bashkir
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *(i)āka (“elder brother; uncle”).
Cognate with Old Uyghur [script needed] (aqa, “elder brother”), Kazakh аға (ağa, “elder brother; uncle”), Kyrgyz ага (aga, “elder brother”), Southern Altai ака (aka, “elder brother”), Crimean Tatar ağa (“elder brother; uncle”), Turkish ağa (“master, boss”), Yakut аҕа (ağa, “elder; father”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɑˈʁɑj]
- Hyphenation: а‧ғай
Noun
ағай • (ağay)
- one's big / elder brother
- uncle; one's male relative who is elder than the speaker, but younger than his/her parents
- (address) a way to address or denote a male within that age range
- Күрше ағай менән беҙ аҙашбыҙ, шуға мине урамда бәләкәй Ғәли тип йөрөтәләр.
- Kürše ağay menän beð aðašbïð, šuğa mine uramda bäläkäy Ğäli tip yörötälär.
- We are namesakes with the elder neighbor, so they call me "the small Ğäli" in the street.
- (address) stepfather
Declension
Inflection of ағай (ağay)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ағай (ağay) | ағайҙар (ağayðar) |
| definite genitive | ағайҙың (ağayðïñ) | ағайҙарҙың (ağayðarðïñ) |
| dative | ағайға (ağayğa) | ағайҙарға (ağayðarğa) |
| definite accusative | ағайҙы (ağayðï) | ағайҙарҙы (ağayðarðï) |
| locative | ағайҙа (ağayða) | ағайҙарҙа (ağayðarða) |
| ablative | ағайҙан (ağayðan) | ағайҙарҙан (ağayðarðan) |
Derived terms
- ағай-эне (ağay-ene)
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