Avar edit

Etymology edit

From Turkic, compare Azerbaijani bayram.

Noun edit

байрам (bajram)

  1. holiday

Bashkir edit

Etymology edit

According to Altaicists, from Proto-Turkic *bayra- (to celebrate).[1] EDAL proposes that *badram shares the same verbal root as in байраҡ (bayraq) and бәйге (bəyge).

From Common Turkic *badram, ultimately from an Iranian source according to Clauson. Compare Karakhanid بَذْرَمْ (baḏram), Sogdian [script needed] (ptrʾm /⁠patrăm⁠/, calm, peace), Persian پدرام (pedrâm, lucky, happy).

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

байрам (bayram)

  1. holiday
    Милли байрам.
    Milli bayram.
    Ethnic holiday.
    Байрам булды ниһә, ауылда ҡатын-ҡыҙҙар сәйгә йөрөшөр ине.
    Bayram buldı nihə, awılda qatın-qıźźar səygə yöröşör 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 huñında halamdan, seprək-sapraqtan eşləngən qarasqını yandırıp, qıştı oźattılar.
    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)

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bAj-ra-m/k, bAj-ga”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

Karaim edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *bayram.

Noun edit

байрам (bayram)

  1. feast, holiday.

References edit

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

Kumyk edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *bAj-ra-m. Kazakh мейрам (meiram), Southern Altai байрам (bayram).

Noun edit

байрам (bayram)

  1. holiday
  2. festivity, celebration, feast

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • Бамматов Б.Г., editor (2013), “байрам”, in Кумыкско-русский словарь [Kumyk–Russian dictionary], Makhachkala: ИЯЛИ ДНЦ РАН

Russian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

байра́м (bajrámm 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)
    Synonyms: ид (id) (from Arabic or Tajik), эйд (ejd) (from Persian), айт (ajt) (from Kazakh)
  2. (by extension) any Islamic festival

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Southern Altai edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *bayram (feast, festivity).

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

Noun edit

байрам (bayram)

  1. holiday

References edit

N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “байрам”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN