байрам

From Proto-Turkic *bAj-ra-m. At the Proto-Turkic level, is considered to have the same verbal root as in байраҡ (bayraq), бәйге (bäyge) (q.v.).

Cognate with Tatar бәйрәм (bäyräm), Kazakh мейрам (meyram), Kyrgyz майрам (mayram), Khakas пайрам (payram), Azerbaijani bayram / بایرام‎, Turkish bayram, etc.

• IPA^(key): [bɑjˈrɑm]
• Hyphenation: бай‧рам

байрам • (bayram)

1. holiday

   Милли байрам.

   Milli bayram.

   Ethnic holiday.

   Байрам булды ниһә, ауылда ҡатын-ҡыҙҙар сәйгә йөрөшөр ине.

   Bayram buldï nihä, awïlda qatïn-qïððar säygä yöröšör ine.

   Should there be a holiday, the women in rural communities would visit each other for tea.

2. festivity, celebration, feast

   Байрам һуңында һаламдан, сепрәк-сапраҡтан эшләнгән ҡарасҡыны яндырып, ҡышты оҙаттылар.

   Bayram huñïnda halamdan, sepräk-sapraqtan ešlängän qarasqïnï yandïrïp, qïštï oðattïlar.

   At the end of the festivity, they burned an effigy made of straw and rags to bid the winter farewell.

3. party, reception (of guests)

• Байрамбикә (Bayrambikä)
• Ҡорбан байрамы (Qorban bayramï)

• байра́н (bajrán), бейра́м (bejrám)

Borrowed from a Turkic source. Compare Bashkir байрам (bayram), Tatar бәйрәм (bäyräm), Khakas пайрам (payram), Kazakh мейрам (meyram), Kyrgyz майрам (mayram), Azerbaijani bayram, Turkish bayram etc.

• IPA^(key): [bɐjˈram]

байра́м • (bajrám) m inan (genitive байра́ма, nominative plural байра́мы, genitive plural байра́мов)

1. (Islam) Eid, Bayram (a Muslim religious festival), abbreviation of курбан-байра́м (kurban-bajrám, “Eid al-Adha”)
2. (by extension) any Islamic festival

• ид (id) (from Arabic or Tajik), эйд (ejd) (from Persian), айт (ajt) (from Kazakh)

• курбан-байра́м (kurban-bajrám)