Bashkir edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *ata (father; uncle; ancestor).

The final -y is originally a vocative affix.

Also see ата (ata, father).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ɑˈtɑj], [äˈtäj]
  • Hyphenation: а‧тай

Noun edit

атай (atay)

  1. father, dad
    Атайыңа сәләм әйт!
    Atayıña sələm əyt!
    Say hello to your father!
    Атаһы эргәһендә бала бер нимәнән дә ҡурҡмай.
    Atahı ergəhendə bala ber nimənən də qurqmay.
    A child is not afraid of anything (when) next to his/her father.
    Хаттың тышында адресын күреү менән атайымдың ҡулын таныным.
    Xattıñ tışında adresın kürew menən atayımdıñ qulın tanınım.
    As soon as I saw the address on the envelope, I recognized my father's handwriting.

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Kazakh edit

Alternative scripts
Arabic اتاي
Cyrillic атай
Latin atai

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *ata (father; uncle; ancestor).

Noun edit

атай (atai)

  1. old gentleman

Udmurt edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from a Turkic language, from Proto-Turkic *ata. Compare Tatar ата (ata) and Bashkir атай (atay).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [äˈtäj]
  • Rhymes: -äj
  • Hyphenation: атай

Noun edit

атай (ataj)

  1. father
    Synonym: айы (ajy)

Declension edit

Coordinate terms edit

References edit

  • L. E. Kirillova, L. L. Karpova, editors (2008), “атай”, in Удмурт-ӟуч кыллюкам [Udmurt-Russian dictionary], Izhevsk: Удмуртский институт истории, языка и литературы УрО РАН, →ISBN, page 50
  • Yrjö Wichmann, Toivo Emil Uotila (1987) Mikko Korhonen, editor, Wotjakischer Wortschatz [Votyak Vocabulary] (Lexica Societatis Fenno-Ugricae; Volume 21) (overall work in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen Seura, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 10