Bashkir

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Etymology

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

The final -y is originally a vocative affix.

Also see ата (ata, father).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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

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Derived terms

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Kazakh

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Alternative scripts
Arabic اتاي
Cyrillic атай
Latin atai

Etymology

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

Noun

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атай (atai)

  1. old gentleman

Udmurt

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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атай (ataj)

  1. father
    Synonym: айы (ajy)

Declension

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Coordinate terms

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References

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  • 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